What am I taking to heart?

What has been getting me out of bed on these cold, dark winter mornings?

In the middle of your day. When you’re too busy to stop. When the pressure of the moment is all you can feel. When your dryness defines you. When you lack in zeal in serving the Lord.

• “I guess we’ll go ahead and get started.”

• “Please rise to your feet.”

• “Good morning…um, good MORNing! ...That’s better.”

Have you ever wished your teams, pastors, and congregation were great at giving each other feedback?

I know the need for watering, fertilizing, and generally tending to the gardens (metaphorical as mine may be) are upon us every spring and summer.

My typical planning schedule…

Why do we gather each week as a church?

What if worship is display? Are you comfortable with that?

We know how to lead a worship set, a meeting, an event, or a moment.

But what about a team, a ministry, a department, an organization, or a decade?

As leaders, we must have the energy and determination to move large initiatives forward, to hold the line, and to shift cultures.

Do you wish that rehearsal would go deeper than just pulling the music together?

I was planning a worship set. Feeling crushing pressure and tension.

When was the last time you worshiped with other believers? Wait, but I mean not at “your” church. I mean, when was the last time you joined believers outside of your congregation and fully engaged in worship in their Sunday morning worship gathering?”

So...when was the last time you dove in and really worshiped the Lord?

I was having a conversation with a worship team about how we connect with the Lord through worshiping together.

So, which of these phrases best reflects the way you serve together in your worship and technical arts ministry?

I’m really into lists.

I’m designed to improve things. It’s how I’m built, how I see things, how I listen, watch, and think.

“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”