Drew Weir

husband father Jesus follower

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@DjokerNole Praying for a quick recovery for you @DjokerNole! Thanks for being an inspiration to many young tennis players around, including my son! 🙌🏻🎾

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@NothingMajorPod @DjokerNole So, since Novak’s been working with Murray, has he been using a lob shot more? 🤷🏼 Seems like he’s been hitting the lob a lot at Brisbane

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

He hesitated and said “Oh, they were looking for someone who had a younger ‘style’” to which I responded, “Wait, do they think I’m too old?”, to which he basically confessed, “Yes” and proceeded to imply to me that I probably was “too old” to be considered for jobs “like that”.

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

…offering me a different job for a church that would (honestly) not be a good fit for me: older style, more liturgical and theologically, not on the same page. I declined, but asked him about the other job I applied to and wondered why I had no reply?

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

I applied to a job I thought that Is be a good fit, but then didn’t hear anything back. Then I received an email from one of their associates (they typically are part-timers who have other jobs; this guy happens to have a very well-known worship music podcast)…

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

A personal story: for awhile, I have been transition as a worship pastor. I began interviewing again, and in the process connected with one of the major church job placement organizations…

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

“…the more I realize that the Bible is true.  With age comes wisdom. Churches should desire older worship leaders.  Though youth should not be despised (1 Tim. 4:12), biblical wisdom reminds us that being young carries liabilities against which we need to be on guard.”@zachicks

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“…And I’m guilty myself of playing into the hands of these gods every time I entertain a fear of getting older or judge an “older” worship leader as irrelevant or out of touch…The truth is: the more I’ve gotten to know the generations of worship leaders above me…”

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

“That we were even having such a discussion tells us that culture’s obsession with youth has invaded the heart of the church…This ageism is more than just bias and prejudice.  It’s sinful idolatry…”

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

“….They might be just fine in a traditional or blended worship environment, but if we want to “reach young people,” a forty-something at the helm is no good….This is lamentable.  And (to make up a word) repentable…”

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

“…He or she must not be truly “with it” and up on trends (another value exposed which needs to be challenged).  He or she wouldn’t be capable of authentically crafting and leading a musical style that is current and fresh…”

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

“No worship leader really voices it.  No congregation overtly acknowledges it.  But many of us think there is something lacking in a worship leader who has gray hair or smile lines…

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

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[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@bethelmusic I can see Your heart
Eight billion different ways
Every precious one
Is a child You died to save
If You gave Your life to love them
So will I

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@NLSPod Glad you are podcasting again! (Maybe have Chris Bland come back as a special guest?) Could you maybe feature Ryuichi Sakamoto sometime?

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

Happy 40th birthday @riweir I hope you had a great day and are happier today than you were in this pic 😂 🎉🎁❤️ #proverbs31

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@jaredanderson Happy birthday Jared!

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@lohanthony “...For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.”
Ephesians 4:24 TPT

[Drew Weir @drewweirmusic]

@lohanthony Be encouraged in Christ, let the voice of truth drown out the noise, you are loved by God. “And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him!