Over my years of being a worship leader, I've found one thing to always be true: worship always beats entertainment…

The single greatest advantage that you have when you lead with only an acoustic guitar is intimacy.

There's just something about the stripped down nature of an acoustic guitar that feels intimate. And here's the crazy part: people long for that intimacy…

We've all been there. You messed up. It's frustrating but it's inevitable.

Maybe you started How He Loves in 4/4. (Please tell me I'm not the only one who has done this.) Maybe you started a song in an unsingable key (search Wake the Dawn - Like A Lion on Youtube if you want to see one of my biggest mistakes ever. Enjoy!)…

At your next rehearsal, have your team walk through the worship space and pray over the seats.

This is something my team has been doing for the past two years and it has had a tremendous impact on our prayer time. There's something amazing about going seat to seat and praying over the specific person who will be sitting there during your Sunday morning gathering…

I challenge you to learn someone's story tomorrow.

Start a conversation with someone that you don't know very well tomorrow before you lead worship. Aim to learn their story. It doesn't have to be their whole story but seek to learn one thing about their life…

Incorporate this chord into your worship leading!…

Do you ever find it difficult to evaluate how your worship leading was? You ask the team and they reply with "It was good." Or "It felt right." Or "No one fell asleep this time." But there's never really any qualitative evaluation. It either felt good or it didn't…

The truth is whether you are a leader or not you are setting an expectation.

I'll talk about what this means in your worship leading in a future post but for now let's examine what this means for leading your team…

Just do it…

There are a lot of good practices when it comes to introducing new songs in your church but it all starts here: give your team ample time to prepare to lead it…

Today I challenge you to send a text of encouragement to another worship leader you know!…

This is Andrew. He's my friend, fellow worship leader, and accountability partner.

I used to work with Andrew and we would eat lunch together every Tuesday and talk about ministry. Once I started my new job as a full-time worship pastor I didn't get to see Andrew as often and I missed our time together. So we made the decision that our relationship was…

Over the past week I've gotten a lot of DMs and looked at a lot of posts from people who feel like they're failing…

Incorporate this chord into your worship leading!…

When's the last time you took a break? Not like a 5 minute nap but a full Sunday off?

Small church leader (and large church leaders too), I know what it's like. You're the only one capable of leading worship. You have to be there. The thing is: that's a recipe for burn out. If you plan on leading from now until eternity you need a better plan…

What does your system for raising up new leaders look like?

The honest truth is that in 100 years we are not going to be the ones leading worship at our church. But the flipside of that is that we have the opportunity to affect the way worship is led in our church long after we're gone. READ THAT SENTENCE AGAIN…

Songwriting was a hot topic on my account last week. This past Saturday I led a songwriting session with 10 creatives from my church…

Today I challenge you to send a text of encouragement to the people you're leading with tomorrow…

This has the potential to be a game changer for the way you lead worship at your church.

If you aren't already communicating with your pastor before your worship gatherings start the conversation today!…

Last week we talked about whether or not your church is ready to worship when they step into church. Let's assume now that they've made the step and they're ready to worship. Sometimes... they still don't sing!…