worship leader

If any of you ever get the chance to see Kirk Franklin in concert.....GO.

About 3 years ago, I was playing electric guitar for a worship band at a conference in Tennessee where about 15,000 youth attended. One night, they had Kirk Franklin come and put on a concert. It was by far, the one of the best worship experiences I've had. The man is incredible! I've never seen an artist capture their audience like he did. So, if any of you ever hear of him coming any where near (5 hours or so) from Champaign, let us know.

I'd highly reccommend listening to any of his CD's. Even if you you aren't a fan of R&B (like me) or Gospel music, Franklin deserves a listening to. Right now, Kortny's family is going through a tough time with her Grandma. Last night, I downloaded Franklin's new album called, "Song for the Storm, Volume 1". Like anything else he does, the Album is genuine and encouraging. I highly, highly recommend it to buy and keep in your library for a day where you need some encouragement...

getting *blogged* down

Whoa. This isn't what I had in mind when I started this thing. I wanted to post on here at least once a week. By the looks of things, it seems like it has been about once a quarter or so. I have a million excuses why I haven't been posting. Some of them are legit, (working 1 full time, & 2 part time jobs) and some of them aren't. (watching the Cardinals win the World Series, thankyouverymuch)

The cool thing about being a worship leader is that I have accountability to be able to worship on a weekly basis and pick out songs I think will make God more famous. But even with that, some times I can forget the most important aspect of the whole thing. My personal relationship with Jesus. I can try to think of all the cool stuff we can do or the new songs we can sing, but it's empty unless I make an extra effort to hear what God is saying to me.

How about you?

Are you getting wrapped up in daily things that are blocking your view of Him? Are you getting wrapped up in *church* things and not taking time to ask God why you're doing it? Or what it is He wants you to do?