You set the metronome at the start of rehearsal because the band can’t feel a tempo. The whole week of your life is on the metronome. You haven’t been still in days. Not even for thirty seconds. And some part of you suspects that’s the actual problem underneath the other problems. Be still, and know …
Confession That Heals
There’s a thing you have been carrying for nine months. Maybe longer. You haven’t said it out loud to anyone. You have prayed about it. You have promised God you’d handle it. You have not handled it. And the weight of it is starting to leak into the rest of your life. Confess your sins …
Scripture as Real Food
You opened the Bible to find a verse for the bridge. You skimmed two chapters, copy-pasted the line you needed, closed the app. You haven’t opened it for yourself, not for a service, not for a teaching, in eleven days. And the longer it goes, the harder it is to come back to it. Your …
Burnout Isn’t the End: Returning to Worship Leading After You’ve Hit the Wall
What recovery actually looks like for worship leaders coming back from burnout: the three phases, the signs you’re ready to return, and what changes the second time around.
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What to Do When You Realize You’re Burnt Out as a Worship Leader
A 5-step honest plan for worship leaders who have realized the truth about where they are and don’t know what to do next.
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The Quiet Warning Signs of Worship Leader Burnout (And What to Do About Each One)
Seven quiet warning signs of worship leader burnout that most worship leaders miss before it lands, with one small action for each.
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Are You Burnt Out as a Worship Leader, or Just Tired? How to Tell the Difference
How to tell the difference between ordinary ministry tired and actual worship leader burnout. Walks through the four dimensions burnout actually affects, with scenarios that illustrate the difference.
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Prayer When Words Won’t Come
You sat down to pray. Your phone was on the kitchen counter, face down. You closed your eyes. And nothing came. Not anger, not joy, not articulated need. Just the morning light on the wall and the slow realization that you didn’t know what to say. In the same way, the Spirit also helps our …
When Envy Creeps In
You’re at a worship conference. The leader on stage is your age. The room is bigger than yours will ever be. He’s funny. He’s tall. His band is tight. And by the time the second chorus hits, you’ve stopped worshiping. You’re just doing math. But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps …
When You Feel Inadequate
It hits before the first song. The bass player asks a question you don’t know the answer to. The lead pastor wants a meeting “to talk through some things.” A volunteer asks if she can pray for you and you almost cry. Some part of you is convinced you weren’t supposed to be the one …
When Your Church Isn’t Growing
You’re watching the back row. Same heads as last week. Maybe two fewer. The lead pastor doesn’t say anything but you know what the offering report is going to look like. I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who …
When You Compare Yourself to Bigger Churches
It happens on a Tuesday at 11pm. You’re scrolling. Their album just dropped. Their stage looks like a Coldplay set. Their worship pastor has a Masterclass. You close the app, look at your bedroom ceiling, and wonder what you’re even doing. Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to …
Joy When the Platform Stops Providing It
A lot of worship leaders entered ministry on a wave of joy and don’t quite remember where it went. Habakkuk found a joy that survived the failure of every other source of joy in his world. Here’s how that works.
Surrender in the Place No One Sees You
Most worship leaders have learned how to look surrendered in front of a room. The platform can absorb a lot of dysfunction. The secret place can’t. Here’s where the real surrender lives.
The Awe That Survives Singing the Same Song Again
Awe isn’t really the problem when a song is brand new. It’s twelve months later, when you’ve sung the chorus forty-three times and it isn’t landing the way it used to. Here’s how awe survives the familiar.