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The Most Sung Songs at Church (And my personal favourite)
Bono said that “music can change the world because it can change people.” I love that. Music has an unsuspecting power ready to spring up […]
Bono said that “music can change the world because it can change people.” I love that. Music has an unsuspecting power ready to spring up […]
September has arrived! I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with September. I’m reluctant to let go of the more relaxed pace of life […]
Disclaimer: Right off the top let me say this is not a perfect analogy. Having said that, I do think there are some similarities between […]
I have always loved making puzzles. One of my early memories is just that: making puzzles on the living room floor in Meaford, Ontario. I […]
Remember that song from the early 70’s – “There’s got to be a morning after…”? Well, today is the morning after the conclusion of the […]
This summer I’ll be doing something I’ve never done before. It’s really not all that remarkable in some ways, but as someone who’s been a […]
Why we should be wearing crash helmets and life preservers in church.
For those of us of the Christian persuasion, summer rekindles a profound theological struggle: should I head to church or the golf course on Sunday morning?
This post has been simmering on the back burner for a number of weeks now. Shortly after Easter, a friend described to me the experience […]
I think it’s safe to say that most of us plan ahead. Some of you reading this will already have a summer vacation planned. Some […]
This is about the time of year that I get totally sick and tired of winter – even the relatively nice winter we’ve had this […]
Our current way of communicating in worship just isn’t working. So how do we connect in a communication-crazy world?
With some regret, and some words of thanks, I take my leave, and take on a new challenge as a missionary for the United Methodist Church, U.S.A., to the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
In this living faith, unauthorized and not published by Wood Lake books, in the beginning Presbyterians started life in Canada as Settlers. Some say we’ve been settling ever since.
One thing is sure: one size no longer fits all. This variety in our worship and our music will require more from church musicians and more, not less, support, imagination and deep theology from our congregations.
Here are some ideas about worship and congregational song that I’ve begged, borrowed, stolen and (what’s more important) used in past years that have made worship more vital and joyful.
More how-to comments on some contemporary and global songs in the Presbyterian Book of Praise. Listening to songs and artists of the same genre is a key ingredient in presenting the music on its own terms.
Hymns shape us in ways deeper than our expressed theology—sometimes for good, sometimes not. Here are some hymns that should be shaping us. Agree? Disagree?
Sometimes I wonder where Presbyterians are the most playful—and self-revealing. I’m not convinced that it’s when we worship… Was that a logical leap? Blame it on the New Year’s egg-nog. Or blame it on our Presbyterian thesaurus that doesn’t put “worship” and “play” together.
Churches are always in need—and sometimes in desperate need—of renewal in their worship arts. Congregational song is one strand in the tapestry of our church life that is dangerously frayed. Part of the problem is that we are not a singing culture.