In his book Deep Work, Cal Newport argues for two core abilities for thriving in today’s world: the ability to both quickly master hard things and to produce at an elite level, in terms of quality and speed.

The joy of the good news of Jesus outshines all other joys, making it seem like we must be dreaming, filling our mouths with laughter and our tongues with shouts of joy. In light of our unspeakably glorious, unfading, irrevocable hope in Jesus…

Set lists are more than songs, and Sundays are more than gatherings. Every Sunday is an opportunity to call people to lift their eyes from unsatisfying idols to gaze at the infinite beauty of God. It’s an opportunity to place songs and prayers in the mouths and hearts of those who gather that will linger for days

A blog post is not place to do a lengthy book review, but I would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to commend a resource to you: a new book entitled The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World. This book will benefit any worship leader who reads it.

A few months ago I read Donald Whitney's book called Praying the Bible. For me, one of the most helpful parts in the book is his insight that many times when we pray we get stuck saying "the same old things about the same old things." His point is that we can easily go into prayer…

You have a unique gig, worship leader. You have the “enviable” position of getting as much face time on the platform every week as the lead pastor. You don’t have to brag, but the associate pastor, administrative assistant…

He’s Shouting in My Face! Every once in a while you stumble across a historical figure whose voice speaks—no, shouts—with all kinds of contemporary relevance. For me, that figure is Thomas Cranmer, and the more I get to know him, the more I am inspired by this theologian, pastor, artist, and worship leader.

This Easter was a great day for us as a church. We asked people to adjust which service they attend so we would have room for the guests we anticipated. We were intentional in our service planning and sermon so that the gospel would be the only offensive element of our service.

A few months ago while planning a worship set, I was immediately hit with a huge reality check. The pastor who was preaching that Sunday gave me the passage he was preaching from laid out a roadmap of the service order for me.