Being who you are isn’t only important. It’s vital.

I believe our job as worship leaders is to create spaces where people can meet God.

We just made chocolate chip cookies from scratch. But get this! Part of the process was to grind our flour by hand.

Worship ministry is personal. It’s a beautiful weaving of the human and the Divine. It’s logical and unexplainable. It’s predictable and mysterious. But…

The worship leader put a message out to the team. It said:

I’ve been looking at lots of worship leader job descriptions lately as we help several churches look for staff. Almost all of them have some kitchen-junk-drawer statement at the end of the responsibilities

I was reading 1 Peter 4 and was struck by verse eleven.

I spoke with yet another pastor who is looking for a worship leader. This one was lost to burnout.

We often misunderstand equality, authority, and equity in the conversation about women in church leadership.

We were observing a Sunday morning rehearsal.

"Why didn't you tell me about this before?" said the flustered senior pastor to the worship leader. A couple of times.

We thought they might come to blows, and the worship leader was visibly livid.

Maybe we feel disoriented because God is trying to reorient us.

As churches, we’ve been forced to rethink virtually everything about our weekly gathering rhythms.

In Costa Rica, I am pleasantly surprised at how kind drivers are. They let each other into traffic. They honk, wave, or flash their lights to give you the right of way.

I just learned the other day that one of the team members at one of my former churches took a break from the team and never came back. She’s at another church now.

I got off the airplane when we first entered Costa Rica, and the customs official asked me, “¿A que te dedicas?” “Músico,” I’d answer.

If you’ve ever said (or heard) any of these phrases, I have something to tell you about.

• One drummer hits too hard, one too soft.

• Our drums sound terrible, dead, too loud, or like they are not part of the mix.

• Our sound people don’t know what to do with the drums.

What am I taking to heart?

You can't make music if you are focusing only on your instrument. You have to listen and respond to the rest of the band for it to be music.

More and more worship teams are beginning to play with a click.

I took stock. I noticed. I paid attention. I realized that I’ve been leading three to four Sundays a month over the past twelve months. That was okay then.

But it was time to change.

Do the worship leaders at your church meet together regularly? Oh, they see each other at church. They may occasionally play on each other’s teams. They might even be a part of the same small group.

But do they actually journey together as worship leaders?Do the worship leaders at your church meet together regularly? Oh, they see each other at church. They may occasionally play on each other’s teams. They might even be a part of the same small group.

But do they actually journey together as worship leaders?