Songwriters, here are some prompts to get your creativity flowing in these days of social distancing. A stay-at-home order might be a gift, providing some extra time to think, process, and create. Here are four ways to focus your songwriting in this season. (My focus here is definitely on those of you who are writing […]
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Throughout my career, I’ve worked with a variety of educational institutions, churches, record companies, and touring artists. All four of those worlds are being shaken by the current crisis our world is facing. I’ve spent the last few weeks researching different ways organizations respond in crisis and I have discovered a few key leadership suggestions
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I’m grateful to have some wise and caring friends checking in on me these days. REMEMBER, your single, extroverted friends who live alone view these stay-at-home directives as a prison sentence. Don’t ASK what they need. They’ll just say “I’m fine!” YOU’RE what they need. Schedule a FaceTime hang, work out together, swap your favorite
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For her entire existence, the church has battled against a spectator mentality among congregants. Now that churches across the globe have been forced to fit their worship gatherings into a live-streamed computer screen, what once was a challenge is quickly becoming a crisis. If worship was ever in danger of becoming a show, that danger
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Writing Songs for the church is a unique and even dangerous task. I can help you navigate that process. I’ve made an introductory lesson from the Kingdom Songs University course “Kingdom Songcraft” available for free at kingdomsongsuniversity.com. The full 10 lesson course is $199 and includes a companion e-book full of helpful songwriting prompts. The
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