Worship leader, you may not be as “cutting edge” as that other church.

You may sing worship songs that are 12 years old.

You may not write your own songs like that uber-talented friend of yours.

You may feel irrelevant. Old. Ill-equipped. Unqualified. But guess what? It’s OK.

There’s a different war you need to be fighting – more important than relevance, innovation, and keeping up.

What is the war? Staying amazed by God.

No matter what you do, don’t cut corners when it comes to gazing upon Jesus in wide-eyed wonder.

Let that sink in. Drink it in deep. Let your heart feel the weight.

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We all want to become better, don’t we?

Isn’t that why we attend conferences, read books, and study our heroes? I’d imagine that’s why you’re reading this post. You want to take your worship leading to another level.

I’m always pondering ways to become a better worship leader. The more I thought about what has been instrumental in my development, the more I thought I needed to share this with you.

Some of these points are weird, non-typical. But what I’ve found is that the most helpful lessons I learned weren’t just lectures taught in a classroom.

They were caught in real life.

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