I sat around the table with my worship leader friends and asked them this question. “What’s it like when you schedule training for your team?”

My dear friend, George Yellak, allowed me to eavesdrop on a conversation with one of his team members.

Have you ever wished you could “teach” your sound team to listen and mix more musically?

We invited some friends over for Sunday brunch and worship at our farm.

On Sunday, we visited a church we hadn’t been to before. While the eight of us filed in a few minutes past starting time and found our seats in two rows, two leaders addressed the congregation.

My wife has taught me many things.

A worship leader recently asked me how to improve the quality of their services. That’s easy.

“Good morning, (CHURCH NAME)! We’re glad you’re here. It’s a beautiful day to worship the LORD. Would you stand and sing with us?”

“Please don’t sing,” we politely say every time the lyrics are late.

I was rehearsing the team and we were deciding how to arrange a song.

I had made it to eighth grade. My basketball career grew in spite of my culture shock from our transition from Costa Rica to San Antonio, Texas, about two years earlier.

One of your lids as a worship leader may be leading the same room over and over.

Twenty-four hours ago, I was leading worship. How did it go? 

How do I know the answer?

Crema and Milo, my two street mutts, are lovely creatures. Except when they dig holes. Their habit makes me consider astroturfing the yard. I’m not even kidding.

We were 100% designed for freedom. Sadly, we don’t often live like it. What limits us?

Any stage amplifies what’s already there. Any spotlight highlights what was hidden. If I want to be freer on stage, I need to know what freedom is offstage.

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

Some churches don’t seem to mind breaks in between songs. You know, the team finishes. There are five seconds of (awkward) silence.

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…

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