Worship Podcast & Blog
Worship. It’s such a simple thing. But it has become anything but.
It’s a production. It’s a career. It’s a paycheck. It’s a song. It’s a feeling. Sometimes I wonder if Jesus is knocking on the door of our gatherings, waiting on the outskirts of our singing for us just to be…with Him.
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Today’s guest is no stranger to worship music. So very honored to welcome Chris Tomlin to the Beyond Sunday podcast. Chris and I were able to catch up in the middle of his Love Ran Red tour with Rend Collective & Tenth Avenue North.
Chris has seen tremendous success as a songwriter and an artist, but remains a kind, genuine, down-to-earth guy. In this interview we talk about his family life, writing worship songs, the Love Ran Red tour, his beginnings as a worship leader, & how to stay fresh and focused in ministry.
“Worship was awesome today!”
“No it wasn’t. God is awesome.”
“Man, you did a great job leading us.”
“No I didn’t. Praise Almighty Jehovah on High!”
Compliments. They come and they go. We love to hear them but we don’t know how to respond to them.
If you are in any form of public ministry (which is basically everyone in ministry) you will be complimented. You will be looked up to. You will be someone’s hero.
To some degree, everyone has a fan club. How do you respond to praise without it getting to your head?
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Auditions. It’s one of the most talked about subjects among worship teams.
The team at National Community Church have a great system in place for recruiting, evaluating, and developing musicians numerous times throughout the calendar year. I wanted to sit down and talk with Worship Director Kurtis Parks & Worship Leader Joel Buckner on how they do this.
There’s so much more to glean from this episode too: what worship ministry looks like in a multisite church, making creativity intentional by placing it on the calendar, as well as NCC Worship’s brand new album with Integrity Music.