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The song is a perfect fit for Advent, Christmas, and Lessons and Carols services. Video | December 06, 2017 Renewed: Ready My Heart What if we thought about Christ’s birth as an ongoing reality, rather than a one-time event? That’s just what Lois Shuford’s haunting Advent song “Ready My Heart” does: it helps us prepare our hearts for Christ to dwell in us every day. Video | November 27, 2017 A Conversation with David Crowder View this conversation with pastoral musician David Crowder and Noel Snyder, program manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Video | November 14, 2017 Renewed: Come, Holy Ghost Introducing the worship song “Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid” by Bruce Benedict and Ray Mills. Video | October 16, 2017 Renewed: Come, Holy Ghost Introducing the worship song “Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid” by Bruce Benedict and Ray Mills. Video | October 16, 2017 Worship Songs about Care for Creation Caring about God’s good creation includes lamenting whatever harms it and joining God’s mission to make all things new. Songs from around the world explore these ideas. Article | June 15, 2017 Indonesian Musicians on Inculturating Indonesian Christian Worship Christians who bring the gospel to other cultures often struggle to discern the difference between the essence of Christianity and its cultural packaging. That is true in Indonesia as well. Conversation | May 11, 2017 Conversation with singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken This is a conversation with artist Sandra McCracken and John Witvliet. Video | May 02, 2017 Marcelo Villanueva on Authentic Worship in Argentina More people are training to lead music and worship in Protestant churches in Argentina. As in churches elsewhere, they must balance using popular songs from other cultures with creating music that helps worshipers live out their faith in the real world. Conversation | March 23, 2017 Worship in the Heart Language: Dwight Kelly Jamaican pastor, Dwight Kelly, reflects on how scripture songs can be written in the language of the worshiper's heart. Heartsongs use words that reflect the context and language of those who are singing them. Video | March 23, 2017 Bringing Hymns to Life on Guitar We’ve heard many of the great old hymns played beautifully with organs, pianos, and choirs, but their journey into the world of guitar-led worship can be awkward. Old tunes are often abandoned or significantly altered in the name of modernization, but such revision is not always necessary. Video | March 08, 2017 Short Songs: Deepening Our Participation in Worship Read this viewing guide to find out how you might benefit from watching a one-hour session by Alison Adam, “Short Songs: Deepening Our Participation in Worship.” Video | March 07, 2017 A Mosaic of Faith and Hope: A Festival of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Alumni of the James Abbington Church Music Academy of the Hampton Ministers' Conference lead a festival of congregation songs. Video | February 21, 2017 Wendell Kimbrough on Singing Creation Psalms A regular discipline of writing psalm refrains helped one musician notice psalms in which creation and God’s people call each other to worship the Creator. Conversation | February 21, 2017 Trumpets, Ashes, and Tears: New Psalmody for the Journey of Faith In this vesper service, songwriters with ministries of writing congregation-friendly settings of the biblical Psalms lead the congregation in sung prayer, along with scripture readings and intercessions focused on ministering to the needs, challenges, and vocation of worship leaders, artists of all kinds, and pastors. Video | February 20, 2017 Celtic Psalms: Finding Light in the Darkness In this vesper service, the congregation worships God by singing and listening to psalm settings with soulful Irish and Scottish melodies, exploring how God’s light shines even in the midst of the darkest nights, guiding his people into places of joy, forgiveness, and peace. Video | February 20, 2017 Music, Congregational Identity, and the Relationships that Spark Effective Ministry How does music express and form a congregation’s identity? How can that identity be defined and shaped by the relationships it seeks to nurture and the mission it seeks to promote? Audio | February 17, 2017 Music from African-American Traditions for Use in Any Congregation One of the remarkable stories about music that has emerged out of African-American communities is its reception in communities of diverse cultural backgrounds all over the world. Audio | February 15, 2017 Christiane Bräutigam on Why Bach Still Matters Christiane Bräutigam leads music in a church founded in 1702 by refugees in a city famous for its Bach heritage. She explains why J.S. Bach’s music and example are relevant for churches today. Conversation | February 02, 2017 Learning New Worship Songs through YouTube YouTube makes it easier to learn worship music, but it could also lead to cookie-cutter worship and unreasonable expectations for musicians. Article | January 10, 2017 « Previous 3 4 5 6 7 ... Next »