I'm excited to have my first ever guest blogger today, James Attaway. James has been running sound and leading worship for 19 years, has a degree in Music Business from Belmont University and has mixed for venues from 15 to 15,000. He is a personal friend who ran sound for me personally for years and I trust his authority to speak on this issue…

How would a member of your team answer this question? “How am I doing at sowing into the hearts and lives of the people on the team?” I hate to admit it, but in my early days of worship leading…

It is important to recognize that community isn’t just a nice idea; it’s God’s design. Not only will you accomplish more as a group than as an individual, you’ll also bear greater fruit when you pool your gifts and talents and learn to use them together in unity

No one wants to admit that they struggle with pride. And though it might take on different forms for different people, everyone struggles with it…

If I had to sum up leadership in one word, that word would be servanthood. If you are a leader, you are someone who is called to lay down your life for others. Yes, you’re the one casting vision, giving direction, and leading the charge, but at the end of the day, you should also be the greatest servant on your team.

When you’re the leader of a group of people, no matter how large or small, you are feeding them spiritually. You may not be giving them five-point sermons three times a week, but you are sowing into them simply by the way that you lead. Who you are, your attitudes and your actions are all speaking to, fashioning, and forming the people around you.

Worship leaders hold a unique and important role within religious communities. They not only lead others in song and worship but also serve as spiritual guides, responsible for cultivating an atmosphere that invites the presence of God. To truly excel in this role, it's essential for worship leaders to adopt a servant's heart and nurture a mindset focused on humility, compassion, and service. This article will explore practical ways to develop a worship leader's mindset and promote a servant's heart.

Our job as worship leaders is so important and serves multiple purposes. Music has always played a vital role in the expression of emotions, beliefs, and traditions.

In my early years of leading, I felt a lot of pressure while leading band practices, for a variety of reasons…

Growing up, I had a real challenge figuring out my definition of “success” in a Sunday morning worship time. I used to judge it 100% by the externals.

When one of my team members brings an issue with another team member to my attention in a healthy and humble way, it’s not wrong. Honestly, for a lot of people, doing this is a feat.

Unguarded. Wide-open. Exposed. These are often uncomfortable words to use when talking about our hearts. The thought of being transparent and vulnerable with another person sounds dangerous. We feel the need to protect ourselves, to cover up, and to put our best foot forward. However, the irony of authenticity is that we need to walk on dangerous ground…

One of the hardest things for me to do as a worship leader is to keep my heart consistently engaged during the times that I’m leading. As a worship time progresses, it’s so easy to simply get into "coast" mode and not really engage my spirit with what I’m doing. Have you ever faced this challenge?

We all have multiple areas in our lives that we're called to steward. No one is immune to the responsibilities God has put before them. I find that during different seasons of life, the Lord will highlight different areas in which He wants me to grow.

Leadership. The very word sounds attractive, maybe even exhilarating. I’ve talked to many people over the years who’ve actually said that they long to be in leadership. They want to lead a worship team or serve on a leadership team within their church, run the Sunday-school program, and the list goes on. Though leading can be fun, exciting, and definitely has some perks, at the end of the day, leadership is a burden: a God-ordained and God-orchestrated burden.

Many things can hinder the development of healthy community on your worship team. Time, for instance, is a big factor. How often have you felt, I just don’t have the time to connect with all of these people? Have you ever said that about the people on your team, or maybe felt it from a leader above you?

As worship leaders, we have the amazing job of serving the church. Most likely, that service extends beyond what happens for an hour on a stage each week.

I started writing songs when I was twelve years old. My songwriting pretty much consisted of putting my journal entries to music. Those early songs were usually about how I didn't understand life or girls - so deep! Then as I moved into my teenage years and began leading worship, I started to try…

You and I are by nature proud. That’s the gravitational pull of our fallen minds. Most of our pride isn’t obvious because we’re (hopefully) socially sophisticated enough to avoid blatant strutting and we know how to politely honor social etiquette and protocols. Most pride lies under the surface and subtly shows…

When historians write about the early 2000s, there are going to be entire books devoted to musicians and artists. More than ever before, we're seeing young people, both inside and outside the Church, passionately throwing themselves into creative pursuits, specifically into music.