If you know me, and especially if you’ve worked with me, you may know that I work best under pressure. Today I am facing a week that is peppered with deadlines and I am starting to feel the steady thrum of the building pressure to perform, to deliver. I know some people who fold under …
Yesterday I ran our first training day for people learning how to use our sound system. I walked people through everything I could think of from how to turn everything on to ‘mixing’ the band. Mixing is where the sound engineer decides how loud everything should be, tweaks the sound of each voice and instrument …
Last Tuesday night, during our livestream, there was such an incredible sense of God’s presence… and everything broke. It was a great success. A couple issues with batteries, cables and technical glitches resulted in us stripping back our setup to one camera on a tripod and a feed without lyrics. But, a media team with …
This morning my heart is burning. I’ve been preparing to brief the media team before our worship livestream later today and I feel overwhelmed with gratitude that we get to pursue the Father’s heart tonight. Tonight we go glory hunting. There’s a balancing act that I’m learning as we build up the team, between excellence …
Now I’m here. Outside, the street lamps prop up a black, starless sky. I’m dimly lit by fairy lights, staring up at the silhouette of the organ that towers over me. I felt my spirit pulling then; the Holy Spirit inviting me: “come sit with me.”
It’s late. My Dad and I have sunk, drowsy-happy, into opposing couches and midnight conversation. Words mingle, mid-air, with homespun smells; pot plants and worn leather. We talk about the developing media team, what church will look like when services resume and what God is doing in our church in this season. I bring up …
The word genius actually comes from an identical Latin word meaning: ‘attendant spirit present from one’s birth, innate ability or inclination’. Ooooh. Very new agey, huh? There is a very real pressure at this, the pointy end of history, to either be brilliant or not. Hollywood teaches us that genius is an ability that you …
