A Lovely Setting for a Lovely Rose
(Original posting 11/21/2017) Are you still looking for a special choral piece for this Christmas? Consider, Lo, a Rose, a fresh, intimate, and contemplative setting of the traditional German carol, es ist ein […]
Deference over Preference
Paul Clark’s posting on mutual submission in a Christian worship environment has captured my fancy as a potential model of the biblical solution to the worship wars. (Original posting – 5/24/2015) […]
The Gospel is a Message, not a Style
I’m glad to claim James Cheesman as my friend as well as fellow traveler through graduate school. Also, I’m glad to congratulate him on his recent completion of his masters […]
Brass Quintet for Advent
Here’s a unique setting of HYFRYDOL for brass quintet called Long Expected Jesus that is just perfect for the Advent season. This creative arrangement is readily playable so you still […]
Multi-Generational Worship
John Bolin, minister of worship and arts at First Baptist Houston, talks about what he calls “multi-generational worship.” This is pretty much the same concept that Paul Clark describes in “Deference over […]
The First Noel
Ah, Christmas Eve. There’s a chill in the air, the service is planned, the sanctuary is decorated, bulletins are printed, announcements have been heralded, but . . . what’s that? […]
Ponder Anew
Ponder: to think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. Anew: In a new or different and typically more positive way. Ponder Anew is the title […]
It Is Not Death to Die
Other than my own family members, the news of Billy Graham’s passing from this Earth moved me more than most any other. Hardly any American over the age of 20 […]