Episodes

  • Secret Keyboard Settings
    Mar 5 2025
    Music gear is a curious aspect of modern worship that is often misunderstood by the vast majority of churches, leading many people to fall prey to those making a profit by selling the equipment. Today we launch into a mini series that will take a common sense and practical approach to learning how to get[...]
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    13 mins
  • Leading the Generations
    Feb 26 2025
    Wrapping up our series about the generations, today we are talking about how to lead people in worship without leaving people behind generationally. There are quite a few things that the younger generations are more likely to need in order to be able to participate, so today we give an example of what some of[...]
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    22 mins
  • Connecting Generations
    Feb 19 2025
    Today we give a practical example of how to lead worship that connects across generations. Included in the discussion is what instruments to use, what songs to select, how much to talk, what to say, and how to use older songs with newer songs to build community and connect in faith.
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    26 mins
  • Finding Common Grounds
    Feb 12 2025
    In a bonus segment from last week’s podcast, we talk about a case study from a church we did some work with to suggest how we can find common ground with our coffee grounds. Short and sweet, but also savory advice and other coffee metaphors and catchphrases.
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    9 mins
  • Giving The Generations What They Need
    Feb 5 2025
    Reaching the ‘young people’ is a lot about figuring out what they need, that’s different from the other generations before them. Reaching multiple generations in the same service means that you have to get good at knowing what each generations needs and delivering it to them in a way that doesn’t annoy everybody else. Today,[...]
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    23 mins
  • How To Reach The Young People Part 1
    Jan 29 2025
    By far, the question we get asked the most is, “How Do We Reach The Young People?” and today we are going to start a new mini-series on what we have learned, what has worked for us, and what we’ve seen work for others as well.
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    17 mins
  • Why There’s So Much Deception in Worship Music
    Jan 22 2025
    A honest conversation about how we got to the place where being fake is normal and how there is a generation of people that are hungry for something real.
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    14 mins
  • Why You Shouldn’t Hear The Background Vocals*
    Jan 15 2025
    Background vocals are pretty important to a worship team, just not for the reasons most people think. In a perfect world, BGV’s will never be heard but too often they are being turned down because of some easily fixable reasons. Confused? You should take a listen because it all makes perfect sense when you know[...]
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    16 mins