Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about the challenges of recruiting volunteers for Worship Ministry. This topic was mentioned a few months ago in a series of  blogs by LifeWay Worship’s Sales Manager, Dale Bleam. The first part of the series can be found here. Listen as Mike and Brian discuss […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about the difficulties with planning a worship service. It can be a challenge to to get things ready for the upcoming Sunday, let alone have a vision for the Sundays after. Listen to Mike and Brian discuss how to “Look Past Next Sunday.” **If you’ve […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about the importance of the lyrics to the songs we sing as the Church. “Does every song have to have the whole story of the Gospel? Do we always have to sing about the Cross and Resurrection? Can some songs just be ‘I Love you […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a current trend in churches today that Mike sees as a Lose-Lose situation: The widening gap between the number of people going to bible study versus the number going to worship services. Listen as Mike and Brian discuss the importance of both Bible […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about the worship leader’s role during the “Invitaion” time at the end of a service. In our role as Worship Leaders, how can we be more intentional about making sure we don’t waste that precious moment at the end of the service… “Start with the […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about what happens when a minister of music has to take on the role of the senior pastor. “The person in the pew is gonna think of you as the leader when the pastor exits.” **If you’ve listened to WorshipLife Podcast, we would truly love […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown discussing sharing the worship ministry between the worship leader and the pastor. Sharing this ministry can have a big impact for the church. “In the modern era of Church, in the North American Church, we’ve separated out the preaching event from the music event as […]

Man, talk about a popular blog post. To quote Mike, “Oh my soul.” Mike’s blog post, The Over 50 Worship Leader, found it’s way to the hearts of our readers through comments, FB shares, retweets, and much more. Therefore, we thought it worthy of a conversation… allowing Mike and Brian to go deeper into this […]

Believe it or not, Christmas is rapidly approaching! Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about getting the music ministry of a church ready for Christmas. From how to choose a Christmas musical and how to prepare for one of the most impactful times in the year of a church, getting your […]

Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about challenges ministering to people when, in this day and age, technology is pushing us further apart. “You have to keep the intentionality of relational ministry and leadership at the forefront of what you’re trying to do… you’ve got to keep relationship leadership as a […]