Worship Podcast & Blog
Ever feel like you’re all alone and no one understands?
It’s impossible to serve and labor in the local church and not be discouraged at times.
I feel there is a unique discouragement for worship leaders due to the nature of combining art and ministry.
Are we artists or are we pastors? Are we creatives or are we managers?
Do we make art or do we lead and mobilize people?
For most of us, the answer to these questions is “yes.” We juggle numerous identities in one multi-faceted job description.
When it comes to pursuing Jesus, there’s only one way to come: with boldness.
We have been given access into His presence by a new and living way. So we come trembling in awe yet with the confidence of sons and daughters.
That’s what I love about the ministry of Kim Walker Smith. She is bold, takes risks, and listens to what the Holy Spirit is saying.
We talk about that as well as Jesus Culture music, her new Christmas album, and about carrying a message, not just talent.
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Worship.
How would you define it?
Hearing that word almost creates confusion.
It has become so many things. Songs, services, singing, and industry.
Records, sold-out shows, iTunes charts, and royalty checks.
Jobs, productions, and emotional feelings.
But what is it…really? More than anything, we need to get this right. Worship is foundation – it’s the rock that everything is built upon.
Sometimes you just have to be honest. You have to strip away the game and get real with God.
As worship leaders we have a tendency to live in a world of comparison, criticism, man pleasing, and self centeredness. But without pure, honest, real hearts of desperation for God, we have nothing.
That’s what I love about this conversation with Clayton Brooks. Clayton is the Worship Pastor at the Oaks Fellowship in Red Oak, Texas.
Clayton’s story is a call to obedience, to face what’s uncomfortable, to be the real thing. You excited to hear this?
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Today is an exciting day as it’s the release of our first Christmas album Christ Has Come.
Many of you may be familiar with my blog and podcast but not as familiar with my church, Allison Park Church. Allison Park Worship is our worship ministry – a collective of worship leaders, musicians, and songwriters who serve our local church.
This is our second album and our very first Christmas project. Enter…Christ Has Come.
