“I can’t stand that my church thinks worship is just music.”

How many times have you heard that statement from worship leaders?

And it’s not without reason, a lot of people in the Church act like worship is all about music. And the truth is… it’s probably our fault as worship leaders…

I’ve been talking a lot about using the Bible in your worship leading over on my YouTube channel.

But there is ONE doctrine about the Bible that worship leaders always forget.

Sure, we believe the Bible is inspired. We heartily affirm it is the Word of God…

Do you serve on a small worship team? Maybe it’s just you on Sunday mornings… Or maybe you lead in a small group environment with just an acoustic guitar.

I’ve lead worship with just an acoustic guitar off and on for the past 18 years. Sometimes it was in small churches where I was the only instrument. Other times it was around a campfire. Sometimes it was in small group Bible studies…

“I can’t worship while I lead worship.” Have you ever felt that way before?

When you lead worship, you’ve got a million things on your mind. You’re trying to remember chords and lyrics. You’re thinking about what’s coming up next in the service. You’re worried about the small buzz in the sound system that might be distracting for people…

It’s happened to all of us - you get a few songs into your worship service on Sunday and you look into your congregation and all you see are blank stares.

No one is singing. They’re just standing there.

They might be worshipping in their hearts but they aren’t worshipping with their mouths…

Looking for the perfect way to thank your worship team?

⁠I hear worship leaders asking how to thank their team all the time. There’s only one caveat… they don’t have a big budget to do it…

I hear it all the time: “I inherited a horrible worship team member. Help!”

⁠Whether you’ve recently started at a new church or implemented new expectations for your worship team, sometimes we get stuck with team members who aren’t living up to our expectations…

Here’s an anonymous comment card Charles Spurgeon once received:

“He remarked on one occasion that I too often quoted the line, ‘nothing in my hands I bring,” and, he added, ‘we are sufficiently informed of the vacuity of your hands.’”

⁠See, you aren’t the only one who receives anonymous criticism in your church! Even Spurgeon was criticized by his congregation members…

Ever struggle with knowing what to say between worship songs?

⁠Maybe you know you should say something before you transition to the next song but you don’t even know where to start…

Ever feel like you’re just praying the same thing over and over again during your service?

⁠Or maybe you aren’t comfortable with praying in public so you never lead prayer at all?

As a worship leader, we’re often called upon to lead times of corporate prayer. But a lot of leaders struggle with knowing HOW to pray and WHAT to pray for.

We must worship in spirit and in truth. How many times have you heard that verse quoted?

⁠If Jesus tells us that is how we MUST worship, then as worship leaders we better know what it means!…

There are 7 mistakes I see beginner worship leaders make over and over again…

In fact, some worship leaders who AREN’T beginners make these mistakes too…

“Plan your setlist based on what your pastor is preaching on.” That’s the advice I USED TO give.

As I’ve grown in my understanding of corporate worship over the past few years, I’ve realized that that’s actually not very good advice…

I understand the desire to pick a song based on what your pastor is preaching on. In fact, I think it’s a great idea to plan a response song after the sermon that matches what your pastor just preached on.

The thing is: there are 5 places you can go to find songs based on a specific topic. And I get the sense that not many people know about them…

“Sing lustily!”

Those are the interesting instructions I found in a document from 1761 about directions for singing in church.

Can you guess who wrote those words?⁠…

The countdown hits zero and the lights come up. It’s time to welcome your church.

This can be one of the most nerve-wracking times of the service for worship leaders. How do you get things kicked off?…

Do you struggle to memorize worship songs?

I’ve been memorizing worship songs for the past 15 years (mostly because the church I served at didn’t have a confidence monitor).

Over those 15 years, I’ve boiled down the essential steps to memorizing chords to songs…

“Eight singers on the stage at the same time all singing melody.”

That phrase perfect describes my early days in worship ministry.

I repeat: we had EIGHT singers on stage who were all singing melody throughout the entire song!⁠…

It’s been 10 years, 3 months, and 2 days since I’ve been nervous to lead worship.

Okay… I just made that number up to get your attention BUT it’s been a really long time since I’ve felt nervous before leading worship…

Buzz word alert: Anointed!

We hear this word everywhere in worship circles these days. ⁠

“That was such an ANOINTED time of worship.”

“She’s such an ANOINTED worship leader.”…