Presentations & Performances

I had the joy of sharing this session at the CBU Worship Summit 2026 on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at California Baptist University. Vision and mission in worship ministry cannot be built on taste, trend, or personality. They must rise from theological convictions revealed in Scripture and sustained over time. This session began with a…

I had the joy of sharing this session at the CBU Worship Summit 2026 on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at California Baptist University The songs we sing are never neutral. Week after week, they shape how our people imagine God, understand the gospel, and locate themselves within the story of Scripture. Worship leaders carry more…

On July 16, 2019, I presented Embracing the Challenge: Questions and Answers in Music and Worship in Christian Higher Education at the Annual Meeting of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada in Dallas, Texas. This was an extension of a similar paper I presented in November 2018 at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical…

At our recent Engage Conference at FBC Keller (August 2014), we featured several roundtable discussions on our identity as Southern Baptists including topics such as our denominational organization and polity as well as our basic beliefs and doctrinal statements. Our pastor, Keith Sanders, and I led a wonderful discussion about our identity as Southern Baptists and how we…

This past weekend, August 15–17, 2014, First Baptist Church Keller hosted our first annual Engage Conference. This church-wide conference explored what it means to have the Gospel expressed in every day life. It was a tremendous experience for our congregation. Friday, August 15 — Our conference began with an evening worship service led by our worship…

On Monday, March 31, 2014, I had the privilege of presenting one of the breakout sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Baptist Church Music Conference. This entire conference was fantastic and featured great speakers, times of worship, and concerts by the Baylor University A Cappella Choir, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Ensembles, and the debut performance…

From September 24–25, 2009 I had the privilege of participating in the Colloquium on Baptist Church Music at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. This was a fantastic time of scholarship and collegiality among a group of church musicians, professors, and scholars who have devoted their lives in the service of the music of the church.…