The Spirit’s job description is to showcase the magnificence of Jesus.” – Zac Hicks

One of my favorite books for worship this year was The Worship Pastor by Zac Hicks. So naturally, it was essential that Zac come on the podcast to talk about it, right? It’s really a wonderful balance of practical and academic reading. It balances devotional with theological very well. And I love that the chapters are short!

In this podcast we talk about Zac’s recent transition a Presbyterian Church to an Episcopal Church and the worship leading differences in both. We also talk about new songs, the new book, and what it means to be a worship pastor, not just a worship leader.

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What I want to do as a worship leader – every time – is create a meeting place for God and people.” – Cody Carnes

I love when a person’s heart and passion for Jesus is larger than the gift they carry. Cody Carnes is one of those leaders. Cody is a songwriter, worship leader, and husband to the amazing Kari Jobe. In this episode we talk about his formative years leading worship at Gateway, Kari’s upcoming new record, his new worship project WELLS, fatherhood, gear, and much more.

Be encouraged. This is a good one.

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This week we welcome Brooke Ligertwood (Fraser) to the podcast from Hillsong Worship. Brooke has been a part of the Hillsong family for years, writing classic songs like “Lead Me to the Cross”, “Hosanna”, and more recently “What a Beautiful Name.”

In this episode we talk about Brooke’s fascination with words and language and how that influences her songwriting. We also discuss the incredible new Hillsong record, “Let There Be Light.” So many encouraging truths in this shorter interview.

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They’re a great investment if you have a smaller worship team or if you have a large team but want to create a bigger sound and improve your transitions. We’ve used them quite a bit at my church. We’ve actually done a two piece setup with me on a guitar, pad loops, and a drum pad and it sounds HUGE. And of all the pads I’ve tried, Coresound are the best sounding. By far.

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In this Episode You’ll Hear More About:

• The power of words.

• Living an iceberg life and what that means.

• Brooke’s songwriting secrets.

• The story of Brooke’s early music career and how she was connected to Hillsong.

• What Brooke has learned from the culture of Hillsong Church.

• Stories behind the creation of the new album, “Let Their Be Light.”

• The story behind writing “What a Beautiful Name”

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Show Sponsor: Coresound Pads

• Music: let there be light. by Hillsong Worship

• Book: Anonymous: The Unrecognized Riches in Uncelebrated Seasons of Your Life by Alicia Britt Chole

• Website: Hillsong Worship

• Website: Brooke Fraser

• Twitter: @brookefraser

• Twitter: @hillsongworship

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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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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.

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