Rich Kirkpatrick's Weblog » musical director http://rkweblog.com A conversation on faith & culture for creatives, leaders & influencers Wed, 23 May 2012 02:29:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Not So Obvious Worship Leader: How is an instrumentalist a worship leader? http://rkweblog.com/2008/10/the-not-so-obvious-worship-leader-how-is-an-instrumentalist-a-worship-leader.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-not-so-obvious-worship-leader-how-is-an-instrumentalist-a-worship-leader http://rkweblog.com/2008/10/the-not-so-obvious-worship-leader-how-is-an-instrumentalist-a-worship-leader.html#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:02:29 +0000 Rich Kirkpatrick http://richkirkpatrick.com/rich_kirkpatricks_weblog/?p=1249 John Carlson is an outstanding musician, sax player, arranger and music director who I have had privilege of working with while teaching with him at a worship conference.  His recordings and such can be found at www.johncarlsonmusic.com.  His artistry is one thing, but he also has a huge heart for people.  He is contributing a blog post at Tehilla Music.

Early in ministry I often wondered, being solely an instrumentalist and an instrumental music director in our church, how I was a worship leader. What role did I play in leading worship? How good of a spiritual leader was I? I felt woefully un-gifted in some of these areas, yet highly gifted in others that pertained to my job – many that were less visible. Over the years God and others helped me figure out a lot of those questions and I grew to find good balance. Continue reading →

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