0.6 | ROY COCHRAN { worship mentor }

An honest conversation with my mentor, Roy Cochran. Some of the best conversations about faith don't happen over a pulpit or a desk in a conference room... they happen over a table... & in this case, a table on a friend's back porch on a hot summer night. In this unique "live" one-take, unedited & unfiltered episode, CJ & I sit down with one of our favorite people on the planet: ROY COCHRAN. Roy is our hero. This quiet, unassuming man has been one of the greatest voices of truth & love in our lives. His 25+ years in full-time on-stage ministry has put him in a unique position to be able to speak wisdom to the aches & passions of the church artist... including ours. He is a mentor & pastor to artists & worship leaders all over the world. And he's constantly opening his home to wounded & weary pilgrims who have been cast aside by professional 501c3 organizations that pose as churches. Bottom-line... Roy knows how to love well... especially artists in the church. Because he's been there. And yet he still chooses joy while having compassion for the cynics. We kick off our conversation with this article: "Dear Church: An open letter from one of those millennials you can't figure out" - http://www.patheos.com/blogs/ponderanew/2015/05/13/dear-church-an-open-letter-from-one-of-those-millennials-you-cant-figure-out/ We dive into the tension-filled conversation of why so many millennials are apparently "leaving the Church" & why so many are running toward a more ancient version of Christianity that is marked by uncool, ritual-based liturgical worship. As always, Roy's compassionate & loving response drives us toward a better conversation... one that sounds more like the Kingdom of God & less like the Kingdom of church. _____________________________________________ You can follow Roy on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/worshipmentor & on Instagram @ http://instagram.com/roycochran. You can learn more about Roy & his ministry to artists on his site: http://RoyCochran.com If you're ever in the SoCal/San Diego area, be sure to look Roy up... I promise he'd love to have coffee with you. And if you've been influenced & impacted by Roy & want to support his work, please consider donating to his ministry: http://roycochran.com/donate/