Worship teams are obsessed about how they sound. I absolutely know this to be true from years of being a worship leader, and many more leading those leaders. However, in their quest to sound great, many worship teams ignore how they look.
Don’t mistake me – I’m not talking about personal grooming or what they are wearing (although this can be a problem, and a topic for another day). Some of them care very much about the way they look, just not in the right way. They want to look stylish…or impressive…or confident, etc…
Rather, I’m talking about how they visually communicate. A HUGE percentage of interpersonal communication is based on visual cues. Our facial expressions and body language often say much more than our words, and can even contradict them. How believable is it when someone sings “I once was lost, but now I’m found…” with a completely deadpan expression? We shouldn’t be up there putting on a show of fake hyper-emotionalism – but if we don’t have any passion when we are singing about God’s incredible goodness and love, we shouldn’t be up there at all.
Remember, music is a tool, not the reason we’re there, and HOW we do what we do matters.. Tomorrow, I’ll talk about why the visual passion is often missing on worship teams…and what to do about it…
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