Worshiping Christmas? Here it comes – ready or not, the Christmas season is upon us. For many worship pastors it’s the same-old routine: while the words ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ are still warming our hearts, we have to drag out the well-worn Christmas carols, add a few new favorites, decorate the platform with trees, etc., change the [...]

What Were You Expecting? Great Expectations for a Great Service Every Sunday morning you have expectations. You expect everyone to show up. You expect the sound board to work, the lights to come on. You expect the guitars to be in tune. You expect the worship team to do their best. You expect people to [...]

Sometimes, as musicians, we technically progress through the worship service forgetting to play with a heart that musically interprets the message of the song we are ministering. One important part of our delivery of these songs should be the use of contrast, which is amazingly easy to accomplish.