I heard some very upsetting news a couple weeks ago.

There’s a church, who shall remain unknown to you, who is having some… Problems. It’s actually a very big problem. A big problem of integrity. A big problem of responsibility. A big problem of obedience to God, honestly.

Finances.

This church was one of the first it’s the [...]

I tweeted out the other day during the NFL Preseason game of the Broncos vs. the Steelers that FOX has a very nice new logo and scoreboard graphic they use during the game.

I also said that I’m probably a dork for noticing, but I think that’s ok.

Here’s the graphics package from last season taken from [...]

The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” -Genesis 11:6

I read those words and I think, “WOW! We have the power to do anything!”

Isn’t that incredible!? Think of what that could mean if as followers [...]

No.

I’m not really going to give you 5 steps to train your volunteers. That’s not really my style. I don’t do “steps”. But what I will give you, that I think would be even more helpful than 5 steps, are 5 of the things I actually do FOR our volunteers. These are things that I’ve [...]

I was reminded of a good lesson to be reminded of very often.

As I talked about in the Sunday Set List a couple weeks ago, I got a good text message from Justin Owens this past Sunday that I really needed to get. After having a rough day in the service with equipment not behaving [...]

All I have to say, and all I really can say, is WOW!

The Drive Conference put on by Northpoint was an incredible experience. I’ll go ahead and tell you that in my opinion, it’s the best church leadership conference out there. It really is. It was that good. If I could only go to 1 [...]

So no Project X this week. Mainly because I didn’t get to do much outside of my normal routine. Here’s why…

This week, well yesterday actually, I got to enjoy Unleash 2010 at Newspring Church in Anderson, SC. It was the first time I’ve been to to the conference and the church. I got to go [...]

The other day on the “Crossroads 5 and 5″ I mentioned that we finally found the sweet spot in our sound system. I also said that it’s hard sometimes to get the sound you want when your pastor says, “I want our band to sound like _(Insert Name of MegaChurch Here).” And as I said [...]

We’re back!

Yes, that’s right. NoisemakersUnited.com is back!

It’s been a long time coming, and I’m so glad it’s here. Let me explain my prolonged absence…

See, things have been pretty crazy around here for the past few months. Praying, asking God what the next step is. Running into dead ends, and hitting my head into them [...]

Yesterday we talked about some of the things that make hard to create chemistry between band members when you have a lot of different musicians playing at different times.

At Crossroads, we’re trying to put some things in place to help us create chemistry between our different band members.

Probably the most important thing you can do [...]