During yesterday’s discussion “What’s your biggest challenge in multicultural worship?” the topic of multigenerational worship came up. How do we add this to the already overwhelming topic of multicultural worship? Answer: baby steps, focused effort, and developing relationships.



My friend Sheryl of Oak Haven Church talked about how the older generation at her church prefers to sit down during worship. The younger generation, of course, would like to stand up. Can you see the problem… Continue

I had the wonderful privilege earlier this week to talk with Cindy Dively, a deaf worship leader/pastor. It was the first time I've used a relay service to talk to someone, which is an operator service that lets people who are deaf call someone through either a keyboard or video device. To be honest, I thought it was a little weird to have someone mediate for first conversation, but I couldn't have done it without this service.



Here are a few lessons I learned from my new… Continue

A leadership principle I've been thinking about a lot lately is this one: Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.



Here are some practical ideas that I've been relearning from leadership expert, John C. Maxwell:

1. Communicate with openness and sincerity. I realize I need to call the people on my team and specifically appreciate for the ways they helped me last year. There's no room for general praises like Great job or Thanks. People want to know how they… Continue