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With any live performance, there's always the possibility of something unexpected happening. I was reminded of this once again last week during worship. The tracks/click we were using went wacky during the first song. I had no option but to kill the tracks and click. After the tracks went down, the whole band was on edge having to adjust. And of course that led to a mistake. Me, the keyboard player, started a song while still transposed a half step down. I didn't realize it until the singer came in. That's the worst feeling in the world - trying to decide between two equally awkward options.

Q: Bellarive isn’t just a band but a community of like-minded believers. How does this personal camaraderie help shape the songs you write? 

We live and experience life together. Like most families, the people closest to you know you at your best and at your worst. We are directly linked to and aware of each other’s greatest triumphs and darkest failures. It leaves us all very exposed. Sometimes that can feel very scary, but it is actually extremely freeing. God has the uncanny ability of reveling Himself the most in those moments of vulnerability. In those moments, it’s not about hiding from reality or keeping up the façade, it’s about recognizing your position towards God and surrendering to Him. In those moments, you really mean what you say. We pray these songs are always a response to those moments. Be it an anthem or a confession, may it always be vulnerable, may it always be sung with conviction, may it always be in spirit and truth.

This post first appeared on Chris Vacher's blog, Chris from Canada. It is used here by permission. Please be sure and stop by his blog to say, "Hi!"

Worship leaders, in general, are artists. Artists, in general, tend to be emotionally invested in their own situation. Emotional investment, in general, results in assumptions which have varying degrees of truthiness.

And we all know what happens when we assume.

A few months back the folks a Loop Community sent us their Looptimus pedal to check out. Our team has used it on the road at National Worship Leader Conference and at our home churches on Sunday mornings.

Here are a few reasons you might want to grab one: