Sufjan Stevens has been filling up our media box recently. Twitters, facebook, emails, etc. He’s going on tour. He’s released a new E.P. He’s releasing a brand new album later this fall. (Where the heck is my 3rd state album…that’s all I really want Sufjan!?) So I thought while we are all enjoying the new [...]
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50 things I learned about songwriting from Sufjan Stevens (while I was waiting for the albums to the other 48 states).
Posted in News, Pastoral, tagged Sufjan Stevens, Liz Janes, The Welcome Wagon, Asthmatic Kitty Records on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Articles on a Biblical Theology of Worship
Posted in News, Pastoral, tagged John Witvliet, Mark Dalbey, Lester Ruth, Ron Man on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently ran across a list of essays from a number of people that I know. Looking forward to reading a number of these. From a conference hosted by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in 2007. Here is the link to download most of these articles. — Chapters and Articles Submitted by Attendees (read) Borror, [...]
David Taylor – thoughts on the Contemporary Worship Movement
Posted in News, tagged Bifrost Arts, zac hicks, David Taylor, Jeremy Begbie, For the Beauty of the Church, David Crowder, The Welcome, Sandra McCracken on August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for those of you for whom this post is a bit of a feedback loop! – Earlier this spring I blogged about a new book “For the Beauty of the Church‘ that had recently arrived with reflections from a number of people I really respect. The author (unknown to me at the time) W. [...]
God’s Lyrics: Rediscovering Worship Through Old Testament Songs
Posted in News, tagged book review, Douglas Sean O’Donnell, God's Lyrics, Hannah's Prayer, Song of Deborah, Song of Moses on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always amazed, considering the wealth of poetic expression and song in scripture how few of them actually migrate into our worship. Every once in a while I get really convicted about this. Recently I ran across a new book by Douglas Sean O’Donnell. God’s Lyrics: Rediscovering Worship Through Old Testament Songs that hit me with [...]
By David Neff (Christianity Today) – Ten Good Ideas from Contemporary Hymn Writer Keith Getty
Posted in News, tagged In Christ Alone, Keith Getty, songwriting on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Gettymusic Blog — Irish songwriter Keith Getty began his workshop Tuesday at the National Worship Leaders Conference by telling those who had come to learn how to write a great worship song to leave. “Because art is the expression of life, you cannot ‘how-to’ creativity.” Getty collaborates with his wife Kristyn and friend Stuart [...]
Thoughts on the Role of Worship Leaders – Matt Boswell
Posted in News, tagged Matt Boswell, worship leading on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Matt’s Blog – Living Worship —— Last week I had the privilege of doing a webinar for the Southern Baptist Convention of Texas. I was given an open agenda, so took the opportunity to flesh through some of the things I am passionate about regarding what it means to lead the church in worship. [...]
Mark Noll and the History of American Hymnody
Posted in News, tagged hymnody, Mark Noll on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Worship Leader Magazine recently featured a brief article from historian Mark Noll on the history of the American Hymn. A Brief History of the American Hymn. . For those of you unfamiliar with Mark Noll here are some other things he has contributed to. I have seen a good bit from him recently on american [...]
Notes from Calvin Grant Colloquium
Posted in News, Psalms of Ascents, tagged Bifrost Arts, CICW, John Witvliet, Matt Stevens, Psalms of Ascents, Vintage21 on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Pj and spent a few days up at Calvin College and Seminary celebrating and learning with the Calvin Worship Grant recipients from 2009 and 2010. We were awarded a grant in 2009 to walk our congregation through the Psalms of Ascents. Here’s an overview of our time, people we met, and things we [...]
Church of the Servant Psalms Contest
Posted in News on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids, MI has just announced a new psalm contest. Here is the official blurb: In an effort to encourage Psalm-singing, Church of the Servant invites congregational songwriters to submit a Psalm-based song to its 2010 New Psalm Contest. The winner will receive a $250 award. There is no entry [...]
Driscoll on Worship – Ch 11 in Doctrine
Posted in News, Pastoral, tagged Mark Driscoll, Resurgence, Worship on June 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Resurgence has been walking chapter by chapter through Mark Driscoll’s new book “Doctrine.” This week they featured the chapter on Worship:God Transforms. You can download a preview of the chapter HERE. John Frame has this to say: There is so much [in Driscoll's book] to aid readers who have thought that theology was too [...]
