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Video Clip – The Ineffectiveness of Some Tunes
I’m really looking forward to the Worship God conference that starts one week from today at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. I’m bringing 11 worship team members to the entire...
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Put the Music Stand Away
I have a confession to make. This past weekend I came to the sad realization that I have become addicted to the music stand. I’ve become more and more dependent on it, not merely using it as a back-up,...
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Music Through the Eyes of Faith – Pt. 1
In 1993, Harold Best, emeritus professor of music and dean emeritus of the Conservatory of Music, Wheaton College, Illinois, and a former vice-president of the National Association of Schools of Music,...
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Music Through the Eyes of Faith – Pt. 2
Yesterday I shared some quotes from Harold Best’s book “Music Through the Eyes of Faith”. (See part one). Here are some more quotes from chapter 1 (“God’s Creation, Human Creativity, and Music Making”)...
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Instrumental Music During Prayer Ministry
A few years ago I came across a series of CDs called “Prayer Songs”. These are instrumental recordings of Jeff Nelson on piano, and are designed to be played during times of prayer. From Whole Hearted...
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The Embrace of Musical Convergence (And Its Implications for Traditional...
There are three common music models in western/protestant/liturgical churches these days: 1. The traditional model. The music is almost exclusively classical, and any contemporary elements are on the...
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Liberating King: An Interview with Stephen Miller (And A Giveaway Too)
A few months ago at the Doxology and Theology conference in Louisville, I met Stephen Miller and enjoyed getting to know him a bit. Stephen is a worship leader, recording artist, and a song writer, not...
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A few weeks ago, my colleague and friend Andrew Cote wrote an instrumental piece for string quartet to be used as the call to worship at our church’s Easter services. He entitled it “Triumph of the...
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