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Five Critical Tips for Modern Worship Keyboardists
I get asked a lot about keyboards in modern worship, as I have played in worship teams as well as been a worship leader for many years. So, I thought I’d give away some practices that have allowed...
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On Being Human: Soundscapes from their backyard? Genius!
Greg Johnson of On Being Human has been busy lately. Besides his band, Greg and his bandmates work on movie and TV soundtracks, produce artists (even people like me), and have been known to cover a...
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Thanksgiving 2013 - Gratitude grows from my choice to praise
Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,who...
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TOP 10 BLOG POSTS of 2013 for RKBLOG
Here are the TOP 10 BLOG POSTS of 2013. With 2013 mostly behind us, I thought I would summarize for the many newer readers of this site the most on-site read and most shared items on social networks....
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Alone In The Crowd: A leader’s curse or blessing?
Am I the only one? Sometimes a crowd will be moved magically by a phrase in a speech, a hook in a song, and the vibe in the room which all may work to enraptures the majority. I’m perhaps alone at...
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A Renaissance Redneck in a Mega-Church Pulpit: Randy Elrod
Today my friend and creative mentor Randy Elrod published his memoirs. A Renaissance Redneck in a Mega-Church Pulpit launches today during one of my favorite annual events, the Re:Create Conference in...
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Story: I needed a drummer so I made one
I want to tell you a little story about what God does when you invest in people. Truly, when we believe in someone and give them courage to take a step it seems that step leads to more than we...
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New Book: The Six Hats of the Worship Leader!
I am excited to announce that my new e-book The Six Hats of the Worship Leader is published! On Amazon.com, the book is a Best Seller in Christian Leadership and is available for download. Any church...
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Guest Blog: When Broken Becomes Beautiful
When I looked down at Elias, his newborn body molded to my arm, I couldn’t help but question his life. He wasn’t the story I planned for. He wasn’t what I dreamed of or even wanted. I cried and felt...
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A Church Worker’s Easter Hangover Story: God Sees You!
There are times when we can feel invisible. People pass us by and we are but furniture–our words ambient noise masked by the busy cacophony of our own industry. In my work, I have produced, led, and...
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Church Announcements: Tell a story, invite people into it!
As a church communications director, I have learned over the years that people respond to stories better than information. As a speaker, I know this is true. In fact, the Bible is almost three-fourths...
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Top Five Worship Leader Fails: When things get really bad!
I thought I would do a short list of lessons learned the hard way from the many years I have been a worship leader. As I often say in classes I teach, my hope is that the pain I endured from my...
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Influence versus Popularity: What drives you as a leader?
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who...
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Creative Leadership: Ten Questions To Challenge Your Thinking
Flicker photo by Véronique Debord-Lazaro I have some questions for you my friends and readers out there. The reason I have been blogging for so long–almost 9 years now–is the dialog with real people....
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Five Tips for Massively Productive Worship Rehearsals!
Yes, you know you hate to love these top-five or top-ten lists. One fact I state clearly before I teach leaders and worship leaders is that I have made many mistakes over many years of leading music...
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Silencing the modern prophets: Discourse between Christians is not something...
In the news recently, Michael Gungor made some remarks that caused a backlash and disparaging of his character and even his intent. He said that Adam and Eve were not literal people we all came from,...
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Providence: Your story is weaved into something bigger than you
CC attribution. Photo via Flickr: Domiriel "Red Thread" A while ago I wrote a song and put it in a drawer and forgot about it. One day it dawned on me that this song was in the voice of a woman. I...
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Worship Team Administration 101: 5 tips to solve the details dilemma
Photo credit: Pierre J. Creative Commons license. No matter the size of your church or worship team, you will have administrative tasks that require diligence. In my book, The Six Hats of the Worship...
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All Sons & Daughters cover by Dad & Daughter - "Great Are You Lord"
Intergenerational worship is something we all say we value in the local church. But, it is not easy to display in real life. My daughter, Emilie, has led worship with me since she was about 13. Now,...
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Worship Leaders: Musicians are more than fillers for your multitrack loop!
There are just so many amazing technology advances today to aid the average church musician. You can get the original multitrack stems from the best recordings of modern worship music and do...
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