Equipping & Empowering Worship Leaders Worldwide
WHY? Songs are a powerful thing. They have the ability to speak to the mind with lyrics and content as well as speak to the heart with music and melody. The lyrics tell the story and share the message. The music and melody give the feeling or emotion. When you pair these two together, you …
Songwriting For Your Church // Part Two – PracticalityRead More
Chances are you’re probably doing a lot of the songs from Hillsong United’s Empires in your church already. If you are, this record will give you some fresh ideas and arrangements. If you’re not, maybe this will help you contextualize the songs for your church! Here are my thoughts on some of the album: Here …
Worship Review // Hillsong United // Of Dirt And GraceRead More
As a Worship Leader, I’ve come to realize that part of my job description should read, “Defender of Culture”. Because in all reality, creating and keeping a positive culture on our teams only happens with intention. It’s when we get a bit lazy that culture killers can sneak in and start to poke holes in …
Culture Killer // Tardiness (A Volunteer’s Perspective)Read More
This is Part Two of a series titled Straight Talk. Part one of the series, Role of the Worship Leader, can be found here. There is absolutely no way we can have an intelligent conversation about the role of a worship pastor without first defining what a pastor is. You would think this would be …
Whether you like it or not, difficulties, disappointments, dashed expectations, and delays build the muscle of character necessary to maturely sustain the very thing (goal, desire, outcome) you’re pursuing. And the development of that muscle, along with the promise of a hope-filled future, is the very reason you must never give up on this journey …
I recently spoke with a worship pastor friend who was seeing major decline in his team. People were leaving left and right from his music ministry, and he couldn’t figure out why. I started off with asking him some questions. Let’s call him Jeff. Josh: Have you set vision for your team? Jeff: Yeah…I told …
Beyond Control is only King’s Kaleidoscope’s second full-length record but it doesn’t feel like it. The band released their first EP in 2011 and has been prolific ever since with a solid catalog of live recordings and studio EPs in addition to their two records. Whether its because or in spite of having released the …
Worship Review // King’s Kaleidoscope // Beyond ControlRead More
Over the past two years, we’ve had the privilege to work closely with For All Seasons. Last year, we partnered with them for their release of “Live Sessions: Vol. 1,” and we were able to release the music video from the track ‘Eternal King,’ as well as tutorial videos for all the tracks on the …
The new Live EP from For All Seasons does not disappoint. It is packed full with great lyrics about who God is and what He has done for us. If you are looking for some fresh songs to teach your people, look no further. There is great stuff right here on the new FAS EP …
Album Review // For All Seasons – Live Sessions: Vol. 2Read More
The title “worship leader” can mean something different in each church context. When we hear the term we thing song selector, lead singer, band administrator, musical arranger, and the list goes on. And those terms most likely apply to many worship leaders across the board. Though a word that doesn’t necessarily come to mind is …
My last few articles have been a bit on the heavy side, and more reflective. This article may come off a little cheeky, but these are real applicable ways to help strengthen your church’s worship team! I’m going to take a moment to just point out 10 ways to support your Worship Leader. Since it …
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”–John 1:1-4 The Word I love the Gospels. I love the …
The audition is over and your new team member is ready to get started on the worship team. You plug them in and, after their first week, you realize they weren’t as ready as you thought they were. Your first indication is that their initial rehearsal with the team keeps getting halted with constant IEM …
