Devotionals

We all need daily encouragement to feed our souls. In our Devotionals you will find plenty of nourishment to help you through the ups and downs of being a full time, part time or volunteer in the ministry of creative arts.

Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper” Learning How to Sail

                          This week’s Worship Leader Devotional is about learning how to sail. When I was a kid, I attended a summer camp in western New York State on Lake Chatauqua. The camp offered a variety of elective classes that you could sign up…

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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Finding God in a Bird’s Nest

Going Deeper: Finding God In A Bird’s Nest In today’s worship leader devotional, I’d like to share a few things that I’ve learned from watching a nest of baby cardinals. I spent the weekend with some friends who have a lovely screened porch overlooking a wooded back yard. It is late spring in Georgia and…

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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Step and the Path Will Appear

Going Deeper: Step And The Path Will Appear This week’s worship leader devotional is yet another one of those areas where God continually calls me to return: to the place of choosing to trust Him. I have recently been pondering the scene from the movie “Indiana Jones The Last Crusade”,   where the main character, Indiana…

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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Losing Your Grip

I would like to start out today’s Worship Leader Devotional with a little disclaimer. Sometimes there is an assumption when reading these types of things, that the author has it all together, has somehow arrived or is an authority on the subject. That is not necessarily true. Chances are, if I’m writing about something, it’s…

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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Good Grief

In this weeks Worship Leader Devotional I want to talk about loss.  Everyone experiences losses in their lives. We lose loved ones, we lose a job, a marriage, a dream. As worship leaders, we lose team members, we move to a different church or the church we are in has a change in leadership. Friends…

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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Seeing Green, Part 3

Earlier Worship Leader Devotional Going Deeper: “Seeing Green” posts are here: Part 1, Part 2 We’ve been talking a little about the biggest problem that nobody, including us Worship Leaders, has: envy. Envy is built on the myth that there is only so much to go around.  Envy believes that if God gives opportunities to others,…

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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Seeing Green, Part 2

In Part 2 of this Worship Leader devotional I want to talk about the Parable of the Talents.  Part 1.  Unless you are part of a worship ministry team that is comprised of paid professionals, chances are your worship ministry team has a mix of people with varying levels of skill. Using the metaphor of the…

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Worship Leader Devotional: Going Deeper – Seeing Green, Part 1

God will never bless another at your expense Would you agree that musicians have fragile egos? I have struggled in this area. I spent many years jealous over the calling God had placed on one of my friends without even realizing He had a specific call on my life that was just as valuable and necessary…

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Worship Leader Devotional: Going Deeper – The Reflection

Recently, I was walking outside under a full moon. It was spectacular. It was brilliant. It cast shadows. It begged to be noticed, and it was. I began to think about the moon. It is always there, but not always visible. There are times when just a sliver shows. There are times when it appears…

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