Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction x
How to Use This Book xiii
1 Creating Worship Tourists 1
2 Farm Team 4
3 Childish Worship-Leading 7
4 Tall Poppy 10
5 Sense of a Goose 12
6 Tree of 40 Fruit 15
7 Dear Non-Singing Pastor 18
8 Bandwagon Effect 20
9 Mindless Worshippers 22
10 Falling Up 24
11 Worship-Leading Pharisees 28
12 Please, Sir, I Want Some More 32
13 Remember 35
14 Cause and Effect 38
15 Intergenerational Killer 40
16 Loss Leader Easter 43
17 Songs That Preach 45
18 Modern Parable (Matthew 25:14-30) 48
19 Gotta Serve Somebody 51
20 First Corinthians 13 for Worship Leaders 53
21 Hooked on a Feeling 56
22 Buyer's Remorse 59
23 Conversational Narcissists 62
24 Starting a Fire from Scratch 64
25 Is Hallmark Planning Your Services? 66
26 Measure Twice, Cut Once 68
27 Sing Me into Heaven 70
28 Scriptureless 72
29 Death Zone 74
30 Getting Rid of Volunteers 77
31 Jump in the Deep End 81
32 Building a Wall 84
33 Not Our Kind of People 87
34 False Dichotomy 90
35 Secret Worshipper 93
36 Play the Ball Where the Monkey Drops It 95
37 Wasting Time 98
38 Cheap Worship 100
39 We're Talking about Practice 102
40 Worship Karaoke 105
41 Stop Singing 107
42 Awful Worship 109
43 Not the Bride 112
44 Crossing the Rubicon 114
45 Missing the In-Between 116
46 Letter to the Younger Me 119
47 Send in a Canary 121
48 Stick the Landing 123
49 More Than a Memorial 126
50 Give Me a Break! 129
51 It's Not an Experience 132
52 Playing Hurt 134
Conclusion 137
Appendix 1 Worship Evaluation Questionnaire 139
Appendix 2 Lord's Supper/Communion/Eucharist Questionnaire 146
Appendix 3 Secret Worshipper Questionnaire 149
Appendix 4 Worship Leader/Worship Team Relational Contract 153
Appendix 5 Internal Evaluation Framework 156
Appendix 6 Congregational Suggestions for the Language of Lament 158
Bibliography 161
Notes 166
