Hymns Are Old Burned Up Plastic Bottles

Hymns Are Old Burned Up Plastic Bottles

The other night, I was tucking my son into bed and noticed some trash on his bunk bed shelf. It was the remains of an old, burned-up plastic Coke bottle.

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Worship Team Retreat

Worship Team Retreat

Doesn’t this just have a great ring to it? Campfire. Eating together. Relaxed worship. Late-night talks. Teaching tailored to your team. Friendships deepened. A break from your routine. God speaking...

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How Healthy Is Your Team?

How Healthy Is Your Team?

As we approach the end of the year, I encourage you to take a moment between sips of 'nog (stay tuned for a killer recipe) to reflect on the state of your team's relationships.

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How am I Supposed to “Worship” Singing O Little Town Of Bethlehem?!

How am I Supposed to “Worship” Singing O Little Town Of Bethlehem?!

Do you know which Sunday marks the end of the Church calendar year? (Did you know the church had its own calendar?!)

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A Family Of Worshipers

A Family Of Worshipers

What’s your worship team like? And by “worship team,” I mean the musicians and techs together.

Are you like a Worship Family? A Worship Indie Band? A Worship Elevator? Let me describe each one.

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A Lenten Confession
Spiritual Life, Lament, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Lament, Burnout Dave Helmuth

A Lenten Confession

I received this question from a deeply frustrated worship leader:  “How do you lead worship when you’re feeling down and discouraged and your heart feels like a brick even when you’ve spent the whole week praying for a change and your brain rebels and refuses to stay focused on God and keeps reverting to your insecurities and fears and even though you’ve practiced until your fingers have permanent ridges and the songs run through your head like an endless soundtrack and things still don’t happen the way you practiced them?”

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Relationships: A Roadmap For A Growing Disciple

Relationships: A Roadmap For A Growing Disciple

Every leader disciple needs to learn how to work with people.

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Soon Baboon Soon

Soon Baboon Soon

Every week, when we make music together as worship teams, we have essential musical decisions to make. So here’s a humorous yet insightful story of what it takes to make music together.

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How To Increase Congregational Engagement

How To Increase Congregational Engagement

Today, I’m giving you an outline rather than paragraphs. That’s obvious.

But what’s not obvious is how much what you do impacts congregational engagement. I want to challenge us, as leaders, to grow in BEING:

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I Bless You

I Bless You

I got together with some friends and had seven gifts I wanted to give them. These gifts would provide a backdrop for testifying about what God had been doing. It was a real encouragement for us, and I wanted to bless you with those things.

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Platform Modesty and Dress Codes

Platform Modesty and Dress Codes

How modest is modest enough? The most common internal answer is “the same as me or more modest than me.”

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