I remember asking my Dad, “Do I have to?” when asked to clean my room or do my homework.

While I was growing up, on many Sunday mornings, my family would eat coffee soup.

I read a job description for a Director of Music and was struck by the first “Core Competency” required.

This is not us!

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

And the fingernail on the ring finger has never been the same.

You may be in one of those glorious seasons where you click with everyone on your team. Or…

How many times have you heard, “It’s just rehearsal. They can miss or be late…”?

I never know what messages you are hearing from others, from yourself, from the voice of the deceiver.

Some worship leader - senior pastor relationships are fantastic!

“We must follow Christ together!”

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.

Meadow tea is summer in a drink. I can almost always count on a tall glass of it when visiting my sister’s farm during the summer months.

Does your church have non-leaders leading, non-singers singing, non-musicians playing, non-communicators communicating, etc.? Many churches live in this uncomfortable reality.

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.

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.

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.

Imagine your worship team on a retreat. On a missional retreat in Costa Rica.

What am I taking to heart?