Worship Podcast
[I recently sent this to my newsletter list. I’m reposting because a few people wanted to comment and share]:
Casting vision is hard.
It’s like a journey that never ends.
When you feel like slowing down and celebrating your progress, you realize…there’s much further to go. A new momentum is needed.
How do you maintain it?
It’s quite possible that you’re stressed out of your mind right now.
If you’re not, you will be soon. Why? Because it’s Christmas time. Not only is it the season for wrapped gifts, christmas parties, egg nog, red cups at starbucks, and lots of gift cards…
It’s the season of long rehearsals, massive productions, and many services. For the normal American, Christmas time is a season to relax.
For the pastor, it’s work.
There’s something that you can expect when you work with people.
Bank on it.
Put it on your calendar.
There will be drama.
Personalities clash. Opinions fly. It’s messy.
Do you know it’s possible to be a worship leader and not really know God?
But you already know that. You know your own tendency to go through the motions. To fake it. To pretend your passion.
From David: Today I have the honor of featuring one of my favorite bloggers, Michael Perkins. Michael is an incredibly kind, gifted, insightful leader who blogs over at The Handwritten. Check out his blog and follow him on Twitter. And don’t be shy when it comes to commenting. He won’t bite 😉
I pastor a church in Louisiana.
And up until a month ago my wife lead worship for us. You would think having your wife lead worship would be awesome (it is), but it’s difficult when she’s not called to lead worship.
To be honest she was filling a need. And she was coming dangerously close to burning out.