There are many reasons for me to be committed to serving churches around the world, one is deeply personal but one that I am sure most of you can identify. I have family and friends who still have not embraced the hope and life Christ is offering to them. Over the past year and half, a few of my family...

A good word for teachers and all of us who put together services, events & presentations, Seth Godin , Blah, blah, blah, blah...

I know you are thinking about this coming weekend’s service, Thanksgiving & Christmas services. I am sure many of you are contemplating big issues like leading your church through transitions, staffing changes or difficult economic times. We at Willow Arts have all of that and more in mind as we...

I had the pleasure of worshipping & learning with a new congregation this past Sunday. The music & visual beauty offered me many opportunities to engage but one of the moments that caused me to shout with praise was watching the arts leader that led the service teams. She gave me a beautiful...

It is easy to be focused on bearing fruit. For the artist and teacher serving in the local church, we are focused on bearing fruit every weekend. Our time easily becomes consumed with creating messages and art, meetings and rehearsals. It isn’t unusual for us to measure our worth and our impact based...

Take God really seriously ... yourself not so much . - Mark Batterson The Group Life Conference started today. I have the privilege of serving on the creative team for this conference, so I get to sit in on all the sessions. We had rich times of worship. Joel Johns is our worship leader for the conference...

It’s Friday morning & your Senior Pastor just called with ‘a great idea’ for the weekend. What’s your response? Do you have a process for developing creative ideas? People are telling you your worship team needs to grow younger. Is there an age that people need to retire from up-front ministry? You...

For a short time this morning, I was oblivious to the date and the significance of the day. But as soon as my brain started working I remembered, yesterday was the 10th , my brother's birthday. Today was the 11 th - I remember. Like many of you I remember where I was on the morning of the 11 th ...

Nancy & I had the privilege today of spending time with a small group of arts & worship leaders from the Orlando area ... well, technically not all were from Orlando, one came all the way from Dallas, Texas. I wish you could have been there. The group had people who had been leading in the church...

My two sons started back to school this week. And so did I! I am teaching ... well really leading. I have a team of 11 students. 11 creative students. We meet for 40 minutes, 5 days a week to create and plan chapel services for their high school peers. We seek to create a space where students can come...