sometimes i really wrestle with being a worship pastor. i just feel like i don’t fit. and being at this conference, i struggle to identify with a group of people that i feel like i should have much in common with. even here, i feel like i don’t fit. and yet. i love leading worship. […]
the evening session tonight was the best. no speaker. just music. it started off with matt maher, who is the guy who wrote “your grace is enough.” he was very comfortable leading a large group of people, and let it breathe where it needed to. it was a very worshipful experience, and the first time […]
here are my notes from general session with Marcos Witt: if you have character, you will be a leader. to be a leader, you must have character. I Sam. 16:18 One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a brave […]
these are my notes from a breakout session with Paul Baloche: worship leading is a combination of skill and devotion. we have to develop a worship vocabulary. it’s good to be transparent, but we don’t need to dump all our junk every time. some days God just needs us to show up. we don’t need […]
these are my notes from a breakout session with Laura Story. she is from Perimeter Church in north atlanta. 2 truths: we are called to worship. life is hard. when your life gets turned upside down, there comes a point when you realize that getting derailed is now the new path. Gen. 22 tells the […]
so unfortunately the audio and visual problems continue today. very unfortunate. but i am less jaded today and have had some valuable time. the opening general session today began with Fernando Ortega leading worship. i’m not a big fan, and he did mostly hymns, which i’m also not a fan of, and yet, it was […]
so i’m at a national conference, on a megachurch campus, in a massive auditorium, with a huge sound system, surrounded by thousands of people, and the host walks onto the stage and says…nothing. the mic wasn’t on. after a sentence or two, it finally got turned up and we could all hear him. good to […]
so i’m in austin, texas with 3 buddies attending a worship conference. but not just any worship conference. the national worship leader conference. national baby… i’m not sure what to expect; i’ve never attended a worship conference before. i hope to be encouraged, have some challenges validated, and some questions answered. i think my biggest […]