How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: PRODUCER
The Producer is an Architect that designs excellence and transcendence. They plan to exceed the usual limits and love to have a well-planned service executed with excellence.
How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: EDUCATOR
The Educator is a Mentor that embodies wisdom and capability. They bring out the best in others, helping everyone to be well-equipped.
How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: PRIEST
The Priest is a Prophet who fosters devotion and depth.
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.
How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: SHEPHERD
The Shepherd is a Pastor who develops community and belonging.
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.
Altars
I found out about a recent conference called “ALTARS.”
Oblique Strategies
Have you ever wished you could “teach” your sound team to listen and mix more musically?
The One Day Shelf-Life of Prayer
I’m using an app on my iPhone to track my activity level.
Is It Mandatory?
I remember asking my Dad, “Do I have to?” when asked to clean my room or do my homework.
Metamorphosis
I saw this image, and it captured my current season.
Asbury
There’s lots of talk about what is happening at Asbury.
Abundance
Do I have what it takes?
Liturgies
We invited some friends over for Sunday brunch and worship at our farm.
Uncle Fred’s Coffee Soup
While I was growing up, on many Sunday mornings, my family would eat coffee soup.
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.
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.
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.
Core Competencies
I read a job description for a Director of Music and was struck by the first “Core Competency” required.
A Blank Canvas Demands Resolution
This is not us!