Thoughts on music, creativity and the church.


  • Should Churches Produce Records?

    Should Churches Produce Records?

    The 2010s dramatically shifted how music was recorded, produced and distributed. The development of accessible recording software and in-expensive hardware for the at-home studio means anyone can track and produce their own music. This trend is reflected in churches as well. Recording albums was reserved for a tier of churches with the staff, vision and,…

  • 3 Early Lessons Learned from Church Online

    3 Early Lessons Learned from Church Online

    For many churches, the past four weeks have been filled with a massive transition of in-person to online. Meetings, services, small groups are moving to video conferencing and live streaming. Whether you’ve been streaming online for years or have just started, here are three lessons I’ve learned from the shift to moving Sunday services exclusively…

  • Expression and Engagement

    Expression and Engagement

    When I started leading worship, I looked for a metric that would show me my effectiveness as a worship leader. The first metric I looked to was engagement. Naturally, this made sense because our debriefs always began with the same observation: “Yeah, they were super engaged today” or “That seemed difficult, they didn’t seem too…

  • Why @WorshipFails is a Great Instagram Account

    Why @WorshipFails is a Great Instagram Account

    There are tons of church comedy, meme and joke accounts on social media, and I generally steer clear – more on that in another post. The only account I follow that comes close to that category is Worship Fails. The premise of the account is simple: curating moments from musical worship where something goes wrong.…