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Todays guest writes one of my favorite worship blogs on the internet: Zac Hicks.
Zac is a worship pastor at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, pastored by Tullian Tchividjian. This conversation was one of my favorites! Zac is a super smart guy who knows a whole lot about culture, music, theology, and how that all connects to leading worship in the local church.
We also talk a lot about reading books and learning styles (hence all the amazing book recommendations below). Zac talks about how reading keeps him sharp as a worship leader. There are some very practical tips for you.
And one of my favorite parts: approaching the subject of getting old and “irrelevant” as a worship leader.
Not to be missed!
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In This Episode, You’ll Hear More About:
- Why loving and learning old things is important
- Why classical music education is helpful to modern music
- Developing an appreciation for music you don’t usually listen to
- Expanding your imagination as a musician
- Re-contextualizing old hymns to edify the church and speak to our blind spots
- On developing a love for reading & learning
- The pros and cons of reading on a Kindle
- Why studying culture is important for pastors/worship leaders
- How EDM is changing the form of song structure in contemporary worship music
- Why we need to love the church, not hurl rocks at her
- Why worship leaders fear getting old
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Website: Zac Hicks
- Website: Liberate
- Book: Gadsby’s Hymns by William Gadsby
- Book: Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley
- Book: Justin Holcomb books
- Book: Love Your God with All Your Mind by J.P Moreland
- Book: Who’s Afraid of Modern Art? by Dan Sidell
- Book: A Mess of Help: From the Crucified Soul of Rock & Roll by David Zahl
- Book: Christ Centered Worship by Bryan Chappell
- Book: Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin
- Book: Rhythms of Grace by Mike Cosper
- Book: Worship: Its Theology & Practice by J.J. Von Allmen
- Music: Dustin Kensrue
- Music: We Will Not Be Shaken by Bethel Music
- Song: Seas of Crimson by Bethel Music
- Blog Post: How EDM is Changing the Form of Song Structure in Pop Music…and Maybe Congregational Music
- Blog Post: Why We Worship Leaders Fear Getting Old
- Music: Never Looking Back by Allison Park Worship
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A huge thank you to Zac for sharing with us!
Question: What was your biggest takeaway from the interview with Zac? Always love to hear from you! You can leave a comment by clicking here.
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Lod says
To Zac’s comments on getting old, BOOM!
He hit it right on the head. I think I nearly drove off the road (I definitely had to adjust my readers to see the instrument cluster) while he was talking.
Good words and thanks,
L
David Santistevan says
Haha – please don’t drive off the road listening to my podcast 🙂 I agree, Lod, such great thoughts here. Thanks!
Ben Ward says
This was so good. A whole world I wasn’t even aware of…I’ll be checking out all the links and adding Zac’s blog to my reader. Thanks David, for introducing us to such wonderful resources and so much more…and you ask really great questions!
Ben Ward says
And his blog post about EDM is amazing…haven’t heard anyone approach it with the openness and sensitivity he did…highly recommend!
Jay Correa says
Amazing!
Thank you!
Rob Still says
Hey David – I loved this podcast and especially Zac’s insights on getting older. Bless ya bro!