Blog - Beyond Sunday Worship

Nov 03 2016

#136: Outcry Tour, Creativity, & Making Dreams Happen [Podcast]

The church is the greatest movement the world has ever seen.” – Ryan Romeo

I love to be around people that inspire me – people who push me to dream bigger, love stronger, and accomplish more for the Kingdom of God. Ryan Romeo is one of those people.

Ryan is a worship leader, creative arts pastor, and co-founder of the Outcry Tour. In just its first tour, Outcry drew crowds of over 200,000 people to these church championing events with artists like Hillsong United, Crowder, Bethel Music, Jesus Culture, Kari Jobe, Rend Collective, and more.

In this conversation we talk about loving the church, doing big things, and go behind the scenes of Outcry. So much to take away from this.

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Oct 26 2016

The Worship Leader’s Setlist Planning Challenge

If there’s one tool worship leaders use more than any other, it’s songs.

Songs are our currency. We listen to songs, rehearse songs, lead songs, study songs, write songs, and oftentimes have entire conversations using song lyrics. Songs are what we do.

I’m not here to bash worship songs. I’m not here to say worship isn’t about songs. Actually, it is. Of course, worship isn’t only songs. That’s like saying water alone keeps us alive. Actually, we need more than that. We need breath. We need food. The definition of worship isn’t songs, per se, but it’s a massive part of worship, particularly corporate worship.

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Oct 21 2016

#135: Crowder On Coloring Books, Creativity, & Blending Genres [Podcast]

The term worship music seems to diminish the word worship and make the word music more important.” – Crowder

A conversation with David Crowder is equal parts hilarious and educational. Busy in the middle of his American Prodigal tour, David called in from his tour bus out west to discuss…well, lots of stuff. We talk about creativity, coloring books, what we can learn from EDM & bluegrass, the new album, and more.

By the way, his new record is straight fire. I love it. Do yourself a favor and go listen to “Back to the Garden” now. Insane.

And enjoy this chat!

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Oct 18 2016

The Relationship Between Art, Innovation, & Corporate Worship

Let your imagination wander for a moment.

What if this Sunday morning, rather than singing worship songs as a church, you showed a painting of the Mona Lisa? Or some impressionist art from Monet? Or what we filled the stage with painters and sculptors creating for the glory of God?

It’s a beautiful expression, but is it helpful for corporate worship? Probably not.

Or what if instead of sung worship we showed a series of short films and encouraged people to give spoken words to each other? A beautiful expression, but quite chaotic for corporate worship.

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Oct 10 2016

#134: Paul Baloche On Authenticity & Avoiding a Jaded Heart [Podcast]

Paul Baloche is our first 3-peat guest on the Beyond Sunday Podcast.

It’s probably because he’s saying something we need to hear. Matter of fact, Paul has been trumpeting the cause of the local church and being a Pastor to Worship Pastors for many years.

When I was a young, his songs helped to form my expression of worship. What I love about Paul’s music is how he’s always stayed true to who he is. He’s never tried to “reinvent himself”. He’s always written beautiful, catchy, simple songs of worship that connect with people of all ages.

In this conversation we talk about his new album, avoiding a jaded heart, being authentic on stage, and more. When most people ramble, it’s annoying. When Paul rambles, it’s time to take notes.