Today I am joined by a friend I have known for over 20 years, my buddy Ryan Loche. Our friendship goes all the way back to when my wife and I were courting and Ryan helped me record a love song I wrote in his home studio that was at his parents house. 20+ years later and my wife and I are still together, and Ryan is still helping musicians to do the things they are passionate about, especially when it comes to worshiping the Lord.
This episode is going to kick off a mini-series where we take a look at the role of the modern church in today’s culture. I want to talk to pastors, worship leaders, and other church leaders about the current climate out there today, how they are navigating it, and what they are doing to fulfill the Great Commission.
Ryan is now the Academic Director at The Belonging Co College in Nashville Tennessee and is pursuing his doctorate in Theology and his spent his career being a worship leader as well as training and equipping other worship leaders to do a better job of leader other believers into the throne room of grace. That may sound pretentious, but that is the burden that we carry when we decide to be worship leaders. Or at least, we should. And not everybody feels that way.
In this episode, we talk about it, the trials and challenges of leading worship. We talk about the struggle that every worship leader faces with trying to chose songs that reach every generation, and how the best way to address the concerns of people with complaints is by building relationships.
We talk about these things and a lot more, including my favorite event of the year which are the free one-day worship conferences that Ryan’s non-profit puts on every year (well, once the Covid madness is over). These conferences are an invaluable resource for worship teams and leaders for training and development that Ryan and his buddies put on for free.
I really enjoyed catching up with Ryan and to hear about all the amazing things that he had going on. Also, for his “cartoon theme song” answer, he recommended a cartoon that I had literally never heard about! Enjoy!
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Martin Smith playing worship at The Belonging Co College
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