This chord works well in the key of E along with these chords…

This past Saturday I played at a funeral of a close family friend. I've only played at a few funerals in my life but they are one of the hardest settings a worship leader will ever have to play in. Right in the midst of tragedy and despair, the question always comes up: what am I supposed to sing?…

Now that you know how to recognize if you're burning out, what can you actually do about it? The most important step in the process is training up other people. If you don't have people trained up, you will be the only one who knows how to do what you do and therefore, you'll never feel like you can take a week off…

The thing about burnout is it's really hard to recognize it when you're in the midst of it. Burnout doesn't just suddenly happen. It happens over the course of weeks, months, or even years. Slowly but surely the wick of your ministry candle burns shorter and shorter until, eventually, there's nothing left to burn at all…

This chord works well in the key of D along with these chords…

Sometimes we spend so much time LEADING worship that we don't TEACH what worship is. It's always easier to sing songs with people than explain why we're doing what we're doing. The problem is it doesn't seem like there is much time to teach. After all, you've only got a few minutes at the most to speak between songs and you don't want to overload people with information. So how can you teach them?…

Easter will be here soon and it's time to start introducing some new songs. Don't wait the week before to introduce a song you plan on doing for Easter. If you teach your church the song in advance, they'll be able to focus less on learning it on Easter Sunday and more on the words they get to sing…

Every church has a unique voice. There are specific things going on in the lives of the people of your church that need to be responded to. That's why it's so powerful to write songs for your own church. You may not be the best songwriter in the world but only you can write songs that respond directly to what's going on in the life of your church.

Maybe you agree but don't know where to start. Answer the following questions and you will know what words you need to write for your church to sing…

I challenge you to ask your worship team one of the following questions tomorrow…

If you're a worship leader, you're probably aware of all the responsibilities you have. There are a ton of them. And you know that, ultimately, you need to let go of some of them and hand them over to other people. The problem is that's really hard to do. The people you give responsibility to won't do things the same way you did them. They'll make decisions you wouldn't have made. They might even fail to complete the responsibility you gave them. So how can you "let go" and hand responsibilities over to other people?…

If you haven't heard yet, Jake from Churchfront and I have been doing a weekly live Q&A for worship leaders. This past Tuesday we hopped on the Churchfront YouTube channel to answer some questions…

This chord works well in the key of G along with these chords…

One way to switch things up at your worship rehearsals if you normally do a devotional is to simply ask your team a question and let them discuss it. Devotionals where you are teaching your team definitely have their place. But a more interactive way to lead a devotional is to offer a well-crafted question that leads to discussion. This allows your team to be involved in the conversation instead of just sitting there soaking up information…

One of the most common questions when it comes to being on a worship team is "how do I deal with conflict?" Ideally, there wouldn't be any conflict to deal with - I mean we're Christians after all right? The truth is that the church is made up of broken unperfect people who don't always get along. Conflict - big or small - is inevitable. So what can you do?…

I challenge you to focus on the words you're singing tomorrow…

There is so much that goes into worship leading. It can be hard to know what to focus on. Unfortunately, what often ends up happening, is worship leaders become distracted by small things. These are the things that take up a ton of time but don't really move your mission forward. The first step to breaking the cycle is to recognize what you get distracted by…

Do you ever feel like leading worship has become a routine? It's just something you do. You've got the process down. You pick the songs for the week. You show up for rehearsal with the rest of the band. Then, you show up early on Sunday morning to run through the songs again. Then, you lead worship and go home. Finally, Monday comes and guess what? It's time to do it all over again. You're prepared and you do a decent job but it feels like you're just doing the same thing over and over again…

This chord works well in the key of G along with these chords…

You know those moments while you're leading worship where you get to the second verse of a song and the right words are coming out of your mouth, you're playing the right chords, but your mind is focused on something completely different? You're wondering why people are still out in the lobby. You're listening to the baby crying in the back row. Or you're trying to remember if Chik-Fil-A is open on Sundays (pst... it's not!)…

When it comes to leading worship, having your music memorized has some major benefits. It helps you be more engaged in what you're doing because you aren't worried about reading from a piece of paper the whole time. Plus, it forces you to be more prepared because you have to spend a little extra time learning the song…