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Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Billrhea73

Billrhea73 — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:23:00 +0000

Micheal w smith

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Robert Jon Rosenthal

Robert Jon Rosenthal — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

John S of Petra

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:53:00 +0000

I would want to go find a worship leader in a third world country where worshipping Jesus is risky but the worshippers just keep coming. Guess that doesn’t give you a name or anything, but I think that would be someone worth hearing what she or he has to say.

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Tomasclough

Tomasclough — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I like Kristian Stanfills energy. You dont have to be super articulate, just on fire. It runs off on you.

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Brenda Branson

Brenda Branson — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:00 +0000

In my earlier post, I didn’t mean to imply that I can’t learn something valuable from someone regardless of whether I’ve just met them or whether I’ve gotten to know them quite well. It’s just that I am more deeply impacted by people who live out their worship, and it takes time to observe that characteristic in them.

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Aaron Keyes

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Daniel Foster

Daniel Foster — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:00 +0000

I agree with Brenda, but I think I would love to have ten minutes talking with Chris Tomlin. He seems to be a genuine and very compassionate worship leader.

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Josh Maze

Josh Maze — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:00 +0000

Hands down… Martin Smith.

Comment on Worship Leader Coaching Question by Brenda Branson

Brenda Branson — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:13:00 +0000

It’s probably pretty obvious who I would choose for 10 minutes of worship leading coaching. But perhaps it would be more helpful to know why. I was on a worship team for many years and have met quite a few worship leaders over the years, both professional and non-pro. Some tend to use all praise music to raise spirits and focus on the goodness of God. We certainly need that. A few worship leaders and teams are more performance-oriented than worship oriented. They fail to realize they can’t effectively lead others to worship by simply sounding great and choosing upbeat songs. Worship leaders lead by engaging in worship themselves.

Before I spend 10 minutes learning from a worship leader, I want to spend months or years finding out who he/she is. I want to see them have a consistent and passionate love relationship with Jesus. I want to see someone who admits their own brokenness and brings that reality without pretense into worship because it invites me as a broken person to come honestly into God’s presence, not just blankly repeating empty or flattering words of praise. A good worship leader balances songs of lament over our sin with songs of highest praise, and has keen sensitivity toward the needs of worshipers at any given time. A great worship leader tunes his/her own heart before leading others, engages in personal worship while leading, invites people to come as they are into God’s presence, and then ultimately lifts their focus from their own need to the beauty and sufficiency of Christ as healer and redeemer. It’s THAT worship leader I choose to learn from. But 10 minutes is never long enough!

Comment on Birds of Relocation by Tess Franzen

Tess Franzen — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:36:00 +0000

Wow! That’s some kind of review. Your poetry and great spelling/grammar are good too. Okay, sorry. (insert cheesy smile). I may need to pick this one up. Blessings to you and yours.