Dave Helmuth 4/14/21 Dave Helmuth 4/14/21

If You Have Time To Lean, You Have Time To Clean

“Well, I’m standing up here, so I’d better be playing something.”

Dave Helmuth 4/7/21 Dave Helmuth 4/7/21

Three Ways Out Of Fear

Stop me when this sounds familiar. I got a text from a worship director. It said, “I wanted to tell you that my wife felt ill and tested positive for COVID, so tomorrow I can’t be with you.”

Dave Helmuth 3/31/21 Dave Helmuth 3/31/21

The Weaving

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…

Dave Helmuth 3/24/21 Dave Helmuth 3/24/21

It’s Not Futile

I was pushing a wheelbarrow across the discipleship training school base next door on my way to pick up some dirt for our garden.

Dave Helmuth 3/17/21 Dave Helmuth 3/17/21

“The Minimum” Is Sabotaging Your Ministry

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

Dave Helmuth 3/10/21 Dave Helmuth 3/10/21

What’s My Perception?

I asked my worship leader friend what his job was. He replied something like, “I just have to make sure there’s worship when we need it.”

Dave Helmuth 3/3/21 Dave Helmuth 3/3/21

My Lament

I sat in a meeting surrounded by 18 other worship team members from our church.

Dave Helmuth 2/24/21 Dave Helmuth 2/24/21

What’s In Your Mouth?

You remember the Capital One commercial “What’s in your wallet?”

Dave Helmuth 2/17/21 Dave Helmuth 2/17/21

“And Other Duties As Assigned”

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

Dave Helmuth 2/10/21 Dave Helmuth 2/10/21

Using The GPS Dulls Your Sense Of Direction

When we first moved to a new country, GPS was a lifesaver. By “GPS,” I’m referring to Google Maps or Waze. See, Costa Ricans are famous for giving directions like this: