One of the most difficult parts of being a worship or production leader is having to let someone go from the team. There are a number of...

I'm turning Episode 16 of my podcast, Darling: Confessions of a Former Megachurch Singer into written form here. Please share with...

Leaders, I write to you from the perspective of a worship leader, but truly, I think this message translates to most fields. Production...

To the one who is ready to quit. Quietly surrendered that no change can be made. You matter. To the one who feels as if their pastor will...

Oh this song. Squint your eyes and look closer I'm not between you and your ambition I am a poster girl with no poster I am thirty-two...

One of the things I love most in this season is partnering with churches in leading worship for special events and weekend services. An...

Let's talk people pleasers. Oh boy. This has been a marker in my life and cost me oh so many dollars in therapy over the years! An...

Grab my backpack, hop off the bus. Walk the two blocks home. Drop my backpack, say hi to family, head up the creaky stairs to my room,...

Story 1.0 It was the Wednesday after a weekend full of powerful worship services. I sat in a room with our weekly production team to...

It's been a year, yes? A few months ago my former pastor Bill Stephens at Ascent Community Church shared how he feels we are all...

In 2010 I found myself sitting in a Starbucks in Franklin, TN across from executives of a booking agency. People were finally interested...

_______________________________________ __________________________________ Birthing something into the world necessitates a few things, a...

Easter morning 2021, I received this text from my friend Autumn who was streaming our service online. After walking off stage, I opened...

17 years ago, I began what would be a significant chapter of my life. I took my first position on a church staff. Now, as I transition...

Ever have one of those days where there seems to be a theme following you around? A golden thread nestles and weaves itself around...

I may be biased, but I think one of the most fun things we can do in life is sing. And YET, so often we give these vocal cords of ours...

Matthew 7:7-8 (New Living Translation) Words of Jesus: Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you...

Do you work with people? Do you hire people? Do you care for people? This is for you. You are a person; a whole person. The people you...

When our daughter was an itty bitty with few words, she had enough vocabulary to state with clarity and determination exactly what she...

I often run into band members and vocalists who love giving their music offering in worship, but their faces don't show it. Their bodies...