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 […]
4 Ways the Pastor Leads Worship – By Mike Harland
By Teaching and Preaching About Worship The Bible has a great deal to say about worship. The meta-narrative of the text outlines God’s initiative to express His glory in creation and to redeem fallen mankind whose sole purpose is to bring glory to God. The Pastor is leading worship when the pulpit instructs the […]
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 […]
3 Ideas for Inspiring Creativity in Worship – By John Chisum
We’re all “creatures of habit.” As much as we wish people would do something as simple as sit in a different seat in church, our habits just feel good to us and that’s why we keep wearing that one spot down in the fifth row, left side center. It’s our place. Our brains are wired […]
5 Resolutions for Worship Planners – By Mike Harland
I like New Year’s resolutions, I guess for the same reason I like the first day of the week, the first hours of the morning, and the opening song of a worship service. I’ve also learned to appreciate the value of “re-booting” my computer, even if it is a pain to do at times. In […]
Monday Morning Quarterbacks – By Mike Harland
It’s football time in Tennessee and, everywhere else in the country. You will hear this phrase — Monday Morning Quarterback — a good bit as armchair quarterbacks (another cliché) tear apart and analyze their team’s performance from the previous weekend. The MMQ has no power to impact the game, but feels better after a good […]
How to Stay in the Game – Tips for the Under 40 Worship Leader – By Mike Harland
If the previous blog, “The Over 50 Worship Leader” showed me anything, it was that this is a subject that generates passion – lots of it. In the comments, many of you offered great insight and further clarified the difficulties presented by the mind-set that after a certain age, worship leaders are too old to […]
WorshipLife Podcast #41 – Worship Leading at the Multi-Venue & Multi-Site Church
http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP51_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about the challenges worship leaders can experience when dealing with multiple venues and/or multiple sites within the churches they serve. ** iTunes reviews really are “All That and a Bag of Chips.” If you’ve listened […]
The Over 50 Worship Leader – By Mike Harland
NOTE: We are losing a generation of worship leaders at an alarming rate even as churches bemoan the lack of qualified leaders in music. It might be time to take another look at the awesome resource we have in our seasoned servants in worship ministry. First of all, they have a skill set that churches […]
The Enemies of Distraction – By Mike Harland
You can call us Worship Pastors. Or Ministers of Music. Or maybe, Worship Leader or Music Guy. But, how about this one – Enemies of Distraction. I received an email from a pastor this past week asking what he should do with the following type situations: Inappropriate Social Media posts by leaders Questionable types of […]
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