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If we don’t regularly refocus ourselves with the real reason why we do what we do, we are in danger of slipping into self-servitude, and sometimes not even realizing it.

Some ways to categorize your songs for worship to help keep a clean and organized vehicle to communicate their sonic energy

If God is a Creative, and you are a Creative, then I think we all might have some common ground to talk about in the case of mistaken identities. This brings me back to my original point: what is our innermost identity at our core? We are creations of God, His children.

Ah, Christmas Eve. The services where every church is scrutinized by people who show up twice a year, every lead pastor battles between having a "simple and traditional" or "cutting edge and boundary-pushing" service, and every worship leader burns the candle at both ends for two to three weeks with the planning, prep, construction, rehearsing,… Continue reading A Worship Leader’s Christmas Eve Survival Guide

Related texts: Acts 4:12, 26; Ps. 19:10, 119:105; Phil. 2:9-11; Luke 3:6; John 1:1-5, 9-18John Barnett’s “Holy and Anointed One” was released long before my time as a worship leader. It’s actually been sung in churches longer than I’ve been alive! But the lyrics of the song really spoke to me as a high school… Continue reading Theology behind the song – Holy & Anointed One

(AUTHOR’S NOTE: I originally wrote this post in early Summer 2018. I didn’t publish it immediately and have adapted it since original writing. Though the problem isn’t as bad as it was six months ago [hooray progress!], it still persists. This is my encouragement to my fellow worship leaders and church leaders.) I was so… Continue reading We Need More Teenage Worship Leaders

Related texts: 2 Tim 1:10; Acts 4:11-12; 1 Cor 1:30-31; Isaiah 53:5; Acts 1:11 The song “Fourfold Gospel” was written out of inspiration from the summary of the core values of The Christian & Missionary Alliance denomination penned by the denomination founder A.B. Simpson. The list is descriptive in nature that Jesus Christ, the Son… Continue reading Theology behind the song – Fourfold Gospel

I am so excited to be able to share that my new acoustic worship EP "You Are" is available on ALL online platforms for streaming and purchase! These are songs that have been written with a lot of intentionality and commitment to biblical accuracy, while also still holding onto creativity and beauty (not that those… Continue reading New EP out now!

Related texts: Psalm 73:2, 23-28; 2 Tim 2:13 When I wrote this song, I was wrestling through some doubt while watching a family in my church- and then later on some high school students at a camp- wrestle with some of the hardest trials I’ve ever witnessed (see Story Behind the Song for more on… Continue reading Theology behind the song – You Are Faithful

| The King of my heart is the King on the throne // And the Lord of my circumstance will never let me go | In late 2017, I learned of a family in my church who had a son named Landen with an extreme heart condition. As I read through his mother’s Facebook posts… Continue reading Story Behind the Song – You Are Faithful