Before yesterday, I had never really thought about this much because I do it all the time. I was having a conversation with a friend yesterday morning and she was asking me how the new job was going. We got to talking about the time that it takes for me to do what I do. She asked how long it took to choose the worship song set for a Sunday morning. Her guess was quite astronomical in my own mind. And as a result, she was quite surprised when she found out how much time I actually took to choose music for a Sunday morning. That got me to thinking after she left. Am I spending enough time putting together these song sets? Am I taking for granted what it is that I do and not putting quality time into creating a flow for worship? Is it okay that I’ve gotten this down to a point that it doesn’t take me as long as it used to? Could I do a better job of choosing music?

To all of you who have had to do this before, how long does it normally take you to choose music for your church services? Or for a retreat weekend? Do you go about it the exact same way you did when you first started out? What has changed for you? What has stayed the same? For the record, it generally takes me between 45 minutes and 2 hours to select and craft my song services.