Watch the Five Faders Keynote
Watch the Five Faders keynote!
Light A Fire
Sometimes lighting a fire feels like lighting you’re using soaking-wet wood. It’s impossible despite your best efforts. Other times, the gas-lit fire practically jumps on you.
Wake Up, Neo
I recently mentioned the name “Neo” to a room full of worship leaders, and they knew.
Three Things
You’ve told your team. You’ve heard your leader say this. I will now lovingly bang the same gong.
Do All Tadpoles Grow Into Frogs?
Hello, fellow amphibians!
We went to the beach last week, and the singular thing my fifteen-year-old was looking forward to was…fishing!
Does Your Church Prioritize Worship?
Worship MUST be your priority because it SETS your priority.
Don’t Be Nitpicky
How do you know when you’re going from being detail-oriented, exacting, meticulous, and nuanced to... nitpicking? Where’s the line?
Every Fader must answer this critical question.
Local Worship Training
I’m inviting you to a worship training event on April 5th in Lancaster, PA.
How I Help My Team Be More Musical
A worship leader sent me this question: “Our team has been growing in building musical dynamics that really create openings for people to enter in.”
Stop right there! I’ve never heard it said quite like that: “Musical dynamics create openings for people to enter in.”
How I Disciple My Team
One of the most biblically mandated yet commonly neglected roles in worship ministry is discipling those on our teams. Why? We over-focus on the weekly grind and under-focus on the long-term spiritual formation of our team.
How I Debrief After Leading
Experience is NOT the best teacher. Experience can be cruel. It can flatter you. It can lie to you. But evaluated experience is a fantastic teacher. Debriefing after leading is a must.
How I Lead Worship
As we continue the series on how each Fader approaches the main tasks of worship ministry leading, today, we explore that moment of leading worship.
How I Prepare To Lead Worship
Every professional athlete has a pregame ritual.
Here are five unique and famous pregame rituals that athletes are known for:
One Who Puts On His Armor Should Not Boast Like One Who Takes It Off
You know that verse about not saying we’re gonna do this and go there and make business happen but rather say, “If God wills, we’ll do this or that”?
Is There More?
Three short stories. (they include your goals for 2025)
Hack: Learning New Songs
Do you struggle to learn new songs? Before you say you don’t, let me clarify what I mean.
Are You Battle-weary Or Battle-strengthened?
I was going to say the last several months have been quite a battle, but honestly, the last five years in Costa Rica have been a battle. What’s been the effect on me?
They Don't Know
We are living on a coffee plantation. Most weekday mornings, the small crew of coffee pickers come through the gate, dragging along their nine and eleven-year-old children to play while they pick.
Minister To The Lord
But what if no one is ministering to the Lord?
Remove The K And Finish The Word
When we start something, we’re never amazing at it. This Fertilizer is dedicated to worship leaders, teams, and techs in their first five years of serving.