Worship Podcast
Today’s interview is with Aaron Shust – an amazing singer, songwriter, and worship leader. We talk about Aaron’s history with traditional church music and how he started leading worship.
Also some great songwriting nuggets, stories, and challenges about the character of a worship leader. Important stuff.
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We begin our lives with big vision, don’t we?
Think about your answer to the most common question when you were a kid: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” When you’re 6 years old, you don’t consider the cost of tuition, the extra years of graduate school, or how difficult it is to make the NFL draft.
You are going to be an astronaut. You’re going to be a firefighter. You will be the next Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and lead your team to yet another Super Bowl Championship. There’s no doubt or debate. Consider it done.
For those of us in ministry, it’s a similar start. The world is ours for the taking. Nothing is impossible.
Corporate worship is distracting. And I believe with all my heart that is a beautiful thing.
More than a few times I’ve heard from people who don’t care to attend church because they can have their “time with Jesus” at home. There’s nothing wrong with ‘Jesus time’ at home. But if it’s a replacement for the gathered singing of the people of God, it is a problem. And I don’t think Jesus would be happy with your decision.
But let’s be honest. Sometimes connecting with God is a challenge in church.
Picture this:
Such an honor to welcome Stu Garrard back to the podcast. Stu is an amazing guitarist (known for his work with Delirious), songwriter, and artist. In this conversation we pull back the curtain of his latest project, The Beatitudes.
An incredible project, consisting of an album, a book, and a documentary is all about Jesus’ teachings from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. Collaborating with top Christian artists Michael W Smith, Martin Smith, John Mark McMillan, Amy Grant, Hillsong United, Propaganda, All Sons & Daughters, Amanda Cook, & more, this is not to be missed.
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When you hear the word performance as it relates to your worship team, does it make you cringe? Or does it excite you?
In more conversations than I can count, I’ve heard performance thrown around as a dirty word.
This is not a performance. This is worship.”
I get where these comments come from. Matter of fact, I’ve said them myself. What I want to guard against is demonizing performance. If you play music in your local church, there’s no need to avoid the word performance or think of it as something less than true worship.
Performance and worship don’t need to be mutually exclusive.