10: How To Save Your Church From Self-Focused Worship

Welcome to the Worship Workshop Podcast where we help you grow a stronger team that leads engaging worship.

This season on the podcast, our focus is on what it takes to engage your congregation in worship. One of the biggest barriers we all face to people engaging worship in our gatherings is our focus on ourselves.

Today, we’re talking with a worship leader who journeyed away from consumer-oriented worship with his church. Enjoy my conversation Manuel Luz.

About Manuel:

Songwriter, author, inventor, arts advocate, and pastor—Manuel Luz is passionate about worship, coffee, the Oakland Raiders, and the intersections of faith and the arts. Manuel’s book, Imagine That: Discovering Your Unique Role as a Christian Artist (Moody Publishers) is a practical and personal theology of the arts.

His current book, Honest Worship: From False Self to True Praise (InterVarsity Press), released in Fall 2018, addresses the critical intersections between spiritual formation and worship. He is also the inventor of the patented musical instrument, the WalkaBout™, which recently won Best of Show at the world-renowned NAMM Show earlier this year. Check out his thought-provoking blog, “Adventures in Faith and Art” (www.manuelluz.com), his four solo albums (iTunes or www.CDBaby.com), or the WalkaBout Drum (www.walkaboutdrum.com).

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