Dave Helmuth 5/17/23 Dave Helmuth 5/17/23

The Church Pianist (How To Re-imagine Music For Your Context)

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

Dave Helmuth 5/3/23 Dave Helmuth 5/3/23

How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: SHEPHERD

The Shepherd is a Pastor who develops community and belonging.

Dave Helmuth 4/26/23 Dave Helmuth 4/26/23

How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: ARTIST

On a Sunday afternoon, my wife and I were hanging out on the comfy couches in our living room with two of our sons, thirteen and sixteen.

Dave Helmuth 3/29/23 Dave Helmuth 3/29/23

Altars

I found out about a recent conference called “ALTARS.”

Dave Helmuth 3/22/23 Dave Helmuth 3/22/23

Oblique Strategies

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

Dave Helmuth 3/15/23 Dave Helmuth 3/15/23

The One Day Shelf-Life of Prayer

I’m using an app on my iPhone to track my activity level.

Dave Helmuth 3/8/23 Dave Helmuth 3/8/23

Is It Mandatory?

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

Dave Helmuth 3/1/23 Dave Helmuth 3/1/23

Metamorphosis

I saw this image, and it captured my current season.

Dave Helmuth 2/22/23 Dave Helmuth 2/22/23

Asbury

There’s lots of talk about what is happening at Asbury.

Dave Helmuth 2/15/23 Dave Helmuth 2/15/23

Abundance

Do I have what it takes?

Dave Helmuth 2/8/23 Dave Helmuth 2/8/23

Liturgies

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

Dave Helmuth 2/1/23 Dave Helmuth 2/1/23

Uncle Fred’s Coffee Soup

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

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Rook

I was twenty-six. Having recently moved cross-country, leaving the long summers of South Texas for the short ones of Pennsylvania, I was learning many new customs in this new culture.

Dave Helmuth 1/18/23 Dave Helmuth 1/18/23

Just Ask

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.

Dave Helmuth 1/11/23 Dave Helmuth 1/11/23

Tune Your System

I’m always curious. Pretty relentlessly so. Whenever I’m visiting a church, and I get the opportunity to see its soundboard, I look for patterns of overcompensation.