I have always had this ideal that, as worship leaders, we ought to be writing our own songs as an expression of our own priesthood for our own context.  Think about it… if our church pastor was always and only preaching other pastor’s sermons, the people of the church would stand up and have something to say about it!   Sure there is room for learning from, drawing from and even citing other people’s ideas.  Even the great hero of the faith, Charles Spurgeon said, “He... [read more]

There is this term that I use a lot lately to describe my role within the church: worship artist. It can be seen as a bit derogatory to some because it may appear to cheapen the pastoral side of the worship leader’s role. But when we set out to create expressions of worship through song, we are creating art. Art with a purpose. Art that shepherds the intellects and emotions of the people of God into worship. I can think of no cooler honor than to be an artist with this role. But it i... [read more]