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Many churches devote far more planning and worship service time to music, the sermon, and other service elements than they do to public Scripture reading. A feature story exploring the importance of Scripture memorization and public reading.
A word study on "psalm," calling out the deep historical tradition of not only reading, but also singing psalms.
Resources for Psalmody including recordings, readings, chant, responsorial & metrical psalms, and contemporary & popular music idioms.
The Genevan Psalter is the most important source of metrical psalmody in the continental Reformed tradition.
A Psalm setting for Psalm 137 with a simple chorus. It is an example of a folk-like musical idiom.
Metrical Psalm settings for Psalm 23.
Some examples of musical psalm settings.
A service plan in a Lenten series focused on drawing close to Christ, who gives us courage to step out of our comfort zones.
A service plan focused on the Beatitudes and the blessing on those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in a series on the Beatitudes.
The first Sunday service plan in a series on Hebrews, focusing on Jesus Christ as the Great High Priest who mediates the New Covenant.
A service plan in a Lenten series focused on Peter and how genuine worship involves an expression of God's story in our lives.
A service plan for Eastertide focused on the resurrection of Jesus' friend Lazarus in an Eastertide series focusing on Bible stories that occurred before Christ's resurrection but which shed light on how we should live after his resurrection.
