Have you ever had things like this going through your head? I need to build my platform. I need to put something pithy out on social media. I need more followers to like my page. I certainly have. If I’m honest about it, I have to admit this is just the latest version […]
The Mirror Effect – By Mike Harland
Let me start by saying that authentic worship is not always visible. For sure, someone can be sitting and staring in the congregation and be engaged in pouring their heart praise out to the Lord. We should not and cannot measure worship only by what we see during the congregational response. That said, worship is […]
A Tip for Worship Leaders – By Mike Harland
A Tip for Worship Leaders: Read the Psalms Every Day. Every disciple should read the Bible every day, that’s a given. And, we’re not talking about a 15-minute reading plan so that we can put a check mark on the task list. We’re talking about living life with the Bible as our reference book, just […]
3 Ways Pastors and Musicians Can Share Worship Ministry – By Mike Harland
Often we think of the corporate worship gathering as two things that happen in the same service – singing and preaching. Typically musicians take about half of the time and the Pastor takes the other half – it’s two leaders doing two things. I’ve come to think of the worship gathering in a different way. […]
WorshipLife Podcast #73 – Shut Up and Sing
http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP83_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown discussing how much and what kind of speaking a worship leader should do from the platform. Where is the line between leading worship and talking? Listen as Mike and Brian offer tips on how to […]
3 “Nevers” and “Always” for the Worship Ministry Leader – By Mike Harland
Most of what I’ve learned through the years about leading a worship ministry, I’ve learned by trial and error – my errors, and the trials that followed. Here are three quick things I eventually learned to never do – with an “always “ for each one. I hope I can save someone a little grief […]
WorshipLife Podcast #65 – Platform Etiquette 101
http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP75_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking through the challenges that can come about from being front and center on the platform. “Many people that are in music ministry are musicians first. They were trained musically and not always trained, or […]
A Few Thoughts About “Song Velocity” – By Mike Harland
I’ll admit it – I made the term up. Song Velocity? What in the world is that? Well, since I made it up, I get to define it. Song Velocity – the number of new songs a worship leader introduces to the congregation over the course of the year. Think of it as the speedometer […]
Do Songs Matter That Much in the End? – By John Chisum
I’ve slept in a hospital room the last three nights to be with my elderly Mom. She’ll be entering hospice when she, hopefully, leaves here in the next day or so. After camping out here for the last 72 hours, I have been seriously thinking about becoming an orderly or a chaplain just so I […]
What the Best Sellers List at LifeWayWorship.com Says to Me… – by Mike Harland
I watch this every week – sometimes every day. I’m always curious to see what churches using LifewayWorship.com for their congregational worship are singing every week. Here’s what it says to me: We love to sing about the name of Jesus. It’s a blessing to see how many songs are about the name of Jesus. […]
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