Christian recording artist, worship leader, and nurse Bethany Edmonds gets real about the tension between leading worship on a stage and offering pure, genuine worship that blesses God.

Growing up as a pastor’s kid, Bethany opens up about seasons of numbness, burnout, and learning how to feel again - emotionally and spiritually.

We talk about the fine line between worshipping God and worshipping worship itself, how she’s learning to carry a “life of worship” into everyday spaces like nursing, and why her desire is that “the melody of my life would reflect who I love the most.”

This is a powerful conversation and a beautiful look at a heart set on worship. If you’ve ever wrestled with personal worship, service burnout, or the pressure to perform in ministry - this one’s for you.

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0:00 - Coming up
0:44 - Intro
0:55 - Welcome
2:00 - About Bethany
3:03 - How did you get interested in music?
4:20 - Did being a Pastor's kid help or hinder faith?
7:36 - Walking through life ‘numb’
11:36 - Learning how to feel
11:50 - Songwriting friendship + releasing music
15:50 - Public worship from private praise
15:56 - Christa’s favourite song from The Steady Heart EP
16:52 - The NZ Christian music scene
19:28 - Worship theology
23:52 - Nursing as worship
26:43 - Stage vs. secret place worship
27:20 - Bethany’s burnout
27:54 - Fear of God vs. fear of man
28:21 - "I'm not responsible to pull you into God’s presence"
29:28 - Worshipping God vs. worshipping the song
31:16 - Tainted worship
32:07 - Worship in any space
33:09 - Encouragement for struggling worshippers
35:18 - Bethany’s nursing journey
40:15 - Advice for worshippers
42:33 - What’s next for Bethany
44:36 - Faith outside of Sunday

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