A few days ago I received word my great-grandmother, Nannie is what we called her, had passed away. She celebrated her 99th birthday last month. She saw the great depression, a world war and the moon landing. She lived through 17 presidencies - from Calvin Coolidge to Joe Biden. She was a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother and even a great-great-grandmother! She was a teacher. She was an encourager. She was a devoted follower of Jesus. I’m grateful to have known her.  When I was a child, learning to play the guitar, she often asked me to play for her. We’d be at Thanksgiving ..read more

I remember sitting in a church staff meeting fuming. We had just opened a second campus and things were not going well. Our church didn’t get behind it how we thought they would, our marketing was a joke, the campuses were too close together, we only offered kids ministry at one location (we had TON of families!), we couldn’t find enough people for the setup team (it was a mobile church), other teams were just barely making it, the list of problems goes on. I was angry because I foresaw all of these issues, and offered solutions, before we ever opened the new campus. Now, months later, every i ..read more

This week the kids intern at my church is developing a lesson for kids on worship. He asked for my input, so we batted around a couple ideas and this is what we landed on. How does your church teach kids about worship ..read more

A couple weeks ago I got to hang out with Jimmy from heyworshipleader.com! We chatted for a while about being a more authentic worship leader. It was a great conversation. Check it out below ..read more

In this video I talk about singing songs over specific people and situations in your church. David did it. Your Heavenly Father does it. You ought to try it ..read more

Last week a missionary reminded of the importance of choosing songs prayerfully. Check it out in this video ..read more

This Sunday, my church hosted an all prayer and worship service. It was a huge success! In this video, I share how our service was laid out. We did some things that weren’t typical for us. I hope watching will stir some ideas for your next worship event ..read more

I’m this video I share a few thoughts on self-evaluation after a service ..read more

In this clip, I discuss what worship is about: giving God glory! I think it’s important we, as worship leaders, remind our churches of that. It’s not about what we can receive. It’s about the offering we can give. Want to discuss this with your church? Feel free to use anything I’ve said in this video ..read more

The last few days I’ve been thinking about 1 Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians is a letter from Paul, Silas and Timothy to the church in Thessalonica. These three men traveled far and wide sharing the gospel and starting gatherings of believers. They are among the first when it comes to missionary work and church planting. They wrote to encourage and instruct believers after they left their areas.  In their first letter to the Thessolonians, they instruct and encourage on a number of matters - work, death, trials and even the returning of Jesus. If you read carefully though something else st ..read more