The Curse of the Confidence Monitor – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a previous WorshipLife blog post by Mike where he discusses some of the possible pit falls of relying too heavily on monitors or screens while leading a worship service. ** iTunes reviews really are All that and a Bag of […]

Ten Helpful Reminders for Singers on a Worship Team – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a previous WorshipLife blog post by LifeWay Worship Creative Director, Craig Adams. Craig, who has been a worship leader his entire adult life, uses his knowledge and  experience in worship leading to come up with 10 […]

Summary of Top 5 Things Worship Leaders Want to Say to Their Pastor – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a list written by our friend, LifeWay Worship Song Writer and Worship Leader, Tommy Walker. Tommy, with his many years of experience of working with Pastors, gives his list of the things Worship […]

Summary of Top 10 Things Your Pastor Wants to Say to His Worship Pastor… But Won’t – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a blog written by our friend and Director of Worship & Music for the South Carolina Baptist Convetion, Mark Powers. Mark, with his many years of experience of working with […]

Summary of Generation Z: Believe (with John Harland) – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland’s son, John Harland (a Sophomore at Liberty University). John represents Generation Z with a little bit of Millenial thrown in. Brian and Mike talk to John about what it’s like to be part of a Worship Ministry as Generation Z (and Millenial) […]

Summary of Why Don’t Choir Members Smile: We’ve all asked this question. In fact, this particular blog post has been our most read blog, so yes, people think about this topic. But as worship leaders, how do we address this with our choir members? Well, sharing this blog post/podcast episode certainly helps! But, there are ways […]

Summary of Technical Tips to Make Your Congregation Sing Better THIS Sunday: It’s a common problem amongst so many churches… congregational singing needs help. Today, Mike Harland talks through a few technical tips that you, the Worship Leader, can do TODAY that will make your congregation sing better THIS SUNDAY. Listen now… to see what tips Mike and Brian […]

Summary of Does the Church Organ Need to Go?: A few months ago, Mike Harland wrote a blog called,  “Does the Church Organ Need to Go?” — a topic close to Mike’s heart AND a topic that received the most reaction from our readers. What we found is that we hit on a subject that is near and dear to […]

Summary of Moving Back to One Style of Worship: Dr. Thom Rainer wrote a blog post titled, “Six Reasons Churches Are Moving Back to One Worship Style.” Together, Mike and Brian discuss churches seeing the benefit of a single approach to the worship ministry. Mike talks from Romans 14: “…Don’t let doubtful issues disrupt your […]

Summary of Multi-Generational Worship: Mike and Brian discuss a a very important topic, Multi-Generational Worship. Multi-Generational Worship is a positive trend we’re seeing in the Church (which might just be the oldest form of worship there is). Mike asks the question, “Are we (the Church) wondering if we haven’t been on the wrong road when it comes […]