On the Nature of Worship
(Original posting 5/18/2017) Just what is worship? Experience? Intense emotion? Exuberant physical expression? Eh, . . . not so much, at least not according to how the Bible portrays it, […]
He Became Like Me
(Original posting 5/17/2017) In my last post I had just begun work on the final movement of my Easter cantata, which is a traditional choir anthem about substitutionary atonement and […]
Easter Cantata still progressing . . . (more Wounded, Bleeding, Still Proceeding)
(Original posting 4/17/2017) Well, March was the target date for completing my thesis project (an Easter cantata) to qualify for Spring graduation, but it’s not going to happen, . . . […]
Seeking the Face of God: Evangelical Worship Reconceived
(Original posting 4/10-2017) Today brought a complete surprise. In my music ministry philosophy class last Spring one of our assignments was to write a review of a recently published book on […]
Wounded, Bleeding, Still Proceeding – An Easter Cantata
(Original posting 3/13/2017) “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished” (ESV). So Luke quotes […]
Experiments in Self-Publishing I
(Original posting 3/9/2017) I’ve been wading into the self-publishing waters of late, avoiding the traditional submission-to-established-publishers route for the time being (more on that decision at another time), and have […]
Wheatmyer Music now has a motto!
Yes, our motto has arrived! You might ask, “What took you so long?” But a better questions would be, “What’s the motto?”. Well, WheatMyer Music’s motto is, “Revealing beauty in […]
Wheatmyer Music now available at Swirly Music!
(Original posting 1/1/2017) Big news! My first commercially available sheet music is now for sale on Swirly Music! Go here: https://www.swirlymusic.org/composer/robert-myers/ to see for yourself. Swirly Music is a new, […]
What’s in a name? The Wheatmyer Music backstory.
(Original posting 1/1/2017) What’s the significance of the name WheatMyer? Glad you asked! Here’s the story: Wilmer Wallace “Jim” Myers was born September 2, 1914 to Catherine Isabel McMenis Myers […]
Kids are smart enought to learn Christian doctrine
(Original posting 7/1/2015) I don’t get geeked out about too many things, just a few, like college football, science fiction, Yellowstone, etc. But when you start talking about theology, doctrine, and […]