In this episode, Craig & Nikki are joined by Katie Iles, Associate Pastor at Journey UC in Adelaide and a keynote speaker for Hello Clarity - a social research company specialising in generational change, demographics and social trends. Katie recently toured Australia with Mark Sayers presenting a bunch of the latest Barna research on generational …

Nikki and Craig start season 2 with a very open and raw conversation around trust issues within global church life and leadership. They invited Adrian in as a guest for this conversation. The first half of the conversation is spent asking some hard questions, and the second half discussing answers. They discuss a recent Instagram post from Nikki th…

In this episode Nikki and Craig discuss the issue of identity and what the identity of a Christian, a worshiper and a leader should be built on. They converse over all the copious ‘identities’ the world offers and encroaches on the emerging generation. They also talk through Christian culture and how that shapes our identity. Nikki talks about how …

In this episode we are joined by our good friend Tom Read from St Aldates Church in Oxford as we respond to some listener questions about the homogenisation of worship music in the western church. So much of the CCLI Top 50 is dominated by just a handful of songwriters and the number of Churches represented could be counted on one hand. Is this goo…

In this episode we take modern worship songs to task and encourage worship leaders to be diligent in evaluating the lyrics they are singing in the context of gathered worship. What's the responsibility of a Worship Leader when it comes to choosing songs for worship? Should we be singing battle songs in church? Is Jesus our lover? Is God's love reck…

Sure - things look a whole lot different now - but the principles of leading your church in gathered worship haven't changed much. So how do we lead the gathered church in God-honouring, Christ-centred, spirit-filled worship? Great question! And thanks for asking... We'd love to hear from you so please email us here: podcast@theartofworship.com.au …

In this pre-COVID conversation recorded in March of 2020, Nikki and Craig try to demystify the often confusing, misunderstood area of Spirit-led worship. As many churches around the world begin to gather for worship again, we believe this is an important conversation. In this episode we discuss some of the theology of Spirit-led worship, and the pr…

In this episode Nikki and Craig chat with guest Paul Ramey of Compassion International about Worship & Justice and why we should care. Paul Ramey shares his story of being a Worship Leader and Worship Pastor for two decades and then transitioning into working for Compassion International. Paul talks about his years as a worship pastor and the abstr…

In this episode Nikki and Craig chat with guest Worship Leader Michael Bahn, who is the Worship Pastor at River Valley Church in Portland, Oregon. In this conversation we talk about reassessing how we've always done things in church life, humility and what it means to walk with Jesus. Michael asks us to take the current pause on church services as …

In this episode Nikki and Craig interview Worship Leader and Songwriter Paul Baloche. Paul is full of life, energy and literally sings us through his history of worship leading! Craig asks Paul about his journey as a worship leader from the Keith and Melody Green days, Scripture and Song, Michael W Smith and leading in his local church for 29 years…

In this episode Nikki and Craig welcome guest host Adrian Smith, worship Pastor of Northside Church in Crows Nest, Sydney. In this late night discussion we have a very honest and fun conversation about life as a worshiper through COVID-19. With Church gatherings being prohibited many worship pastors are working over time to get worship services onl…

Worship Leading is not just about leading others, it's about leading yourself. Establishing healthy spiritual disciplines will help nurture your own walk with Jesus and leave you in the best place to lead your teams and your church. We recorded before COVID-19 shut down local church gatherings - but even though we don't talk about it - these princi…

Sure - we recorded this before Sunday services went into lockdown all over the world but we're thinking there's a lot of good stuff in here to chew on. Why do we wake up with the sparrows every Sunday, bump in for 3 hours for a 1 hr service and then bump out again after everyone has left. Why wouldn't we want to be at the beach? Yes, worship leadin…

In this special episode, Nikki and Craig cross digital borders to discuss the ever changing landscape of local church worship in Australia in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. We talk about our experiences leading church services online and smaller gatherings over the last 2 weeks. We ask, but don't always answer questions like: How does the church r…

In this Episode, Nikki & Craig discuss questions like: 'What is Worship' and 'Why should we value gathering as a church to worship Jesus? Is it still relevant? Understanding the biblical ‘Why’ of worship. Craig tries to quote William Temple, Nikki taps into the Westminster Shorter Catechism and we share a bunch of other general stories about worshi…