by Seth Muse | Apr 3, 2017 | Leadership, Worship
Maybe my experience is limited, but I don’t see a lot of worship leaders participating in discipleship. I do see them participating in a never-ending pursuit of excellence, though. Whoa whoa whoa whoa! That’s a pretty inflammatory statement, Seth. Yeah, it is. But is...
by Seth Muse | Mar 27, 2017 | Leadership
Mission trips are some of the hardest, most rewarding things I remember doing as a youth pastor. Taking students out of their elements to not only experience other cultures and showing them that their experience in the world isn’t uniform, but teaching them to take...
by Seth Muse | Mar 20, 2017 | Holidays, Leadership
I’ve always wondered what eggs had to do with Jesus rising from the dead on Easter. That is, until someone told me that it’s a symbol of the tomb…or was it the trinity? Maybe it was about life? Either way, any rabbit that can drop a pre-omelet will definitely be...
by Seth Muse | Mar 6, 2017 | Leadership, Worship
Choosing worship song keys for a service is one of the toughest jobs a worship pastor has. Men and women alike can struggle when a worship leader chooses keys that are either too high or too low for them. Many male worship leaders from the late 90’s to 2000’s have cut...
by Seth Muse | Feb 27, 2017 | Conflict, Leadership, Personal Care
For a large part of my ministry career, I struggled with taking criticism. Call it youthful rebellion; call it stubbornness, or whatever you like, but the fact remains that when I started the ministry, I couldn’t take criticism. (it’s hard to learn when you know...
by Seth Muse | Feb 20, 2017 | Leadership
Let’s do a fun little experiment together on teaching the Bible. Watch this quick video and see if you can answer the questions below. It won’t take long, I promise. It will open in another window, so watch it, then come back. WATCH VIDEO Now, without looking back in...