My name is Adam and I am a Worship Arts Pastor in the Kansas City metro area. I don't claim to be an expert at anything I just know that I find value in other peoples experiences and so I want to put mine out there in hopes maybe someone might benefit from them. Enter your e-mail below or click the orange button up top to subscribe to my blog!
This blog is about a journey we are all on. It’s my experiences, ideas, passions, victories and failures as a Worship Pastor, Husband, Christian and artist. My hope is to encourage and motivate those on the same journey and hopefully have some fun along the way.
Blogs about worship ministry and all that I have learned in my few years as a worship pastor
To start this week off I thought I would post a video of a song I wrote a long time ago but just dusted it off again. I was going through an old journal and found this little gem.
If you have any interest to play this song I've posted the chord chart and mp3 file here.
hope you enjoy
You may think from the title of this post I have figured out a new diet that will help you lose weight. That’s not it! This is the 4th thing I listed in my post "5 things that will hold you back". When I say, "lose the weight,” I don't mean in a literal sense, but in a hypothetical sense where the wrong people can add weight to your life and keep you from moving forward.
Here are a couple verses that can give us some insight of what the Bible has to say about this:
Each year I have the privilege to attend the national worship leader conference in Leewood KS. I am lucky because it’s only about a 15 min drive from my home so I get to go home each night and sleep in my own bed! This is usually the only worship-focused conference I am able to attend all year so I usually stock up on resources as much as I can to last me through the year. This year I stocked up on some great books and DVDs that I am excited to get to. I want to list them here in case any of you are interested in hearing about what I thought of these. If you see any that interest you let me know and I’ll be sure to do a review/reaction to it. Here is the treasure trove I got this year. I will say that I actually had quite a few of these books already either on my ipad or on my bookshelf but am committed to reading them this year. Here they are:
This past week as you may have seen from my instagram photos and tweets, I went to the National Worship Leaders Conference. I received so much valuable information and was able to just worship without having to worry about the videos not working, the mics squealing or forgetting the lyrics. It was so refreshing for me and I’m back and ready to hit the ground running!
One of the most impactful times for me this last week was during a night of worship as One Sonic Society was leading us. The lead singer began to talk about his bout with anxiety and fear.
The third thing I listed in “5 things that will hold you back” is personal plateau. This can happen out of fatigue or burnout. The problem with this is that when we hit this plateau we are no longer able to lead people any further than that point. If the people you lead stop growing they will seek something or someone who will help them grow.
Leadership is an always-moving train and when you jump off at a certain point you are left behind. The train keeps going and you stay put.
One of the first things I heard about leadership is “you can’t lead people somewhere you have never been”. At first I didn’t agree with this statement. I thought “couldn’t a leader take people farther than themselves just by encouragement and motivation? Or maybe get to a higher place with them, like at the same time?” I quickly realized that this does not work. What helped me understand this idea was this analogy:
