Listen in for an in-depth interview with Andrew Eastes, Jonathan Ottaway, Glenn Stallsmith, and Deborah Wong, four of the authors of Flow: The Ancient Way to Do Contemporary Worship. This is the second of two episodes on Flow – click here to find last month’s episode with Lester Ruth, Zachary Barnes, and Adam Perez.
For 2020, I decided that a fun personal challenge would be learning 20 new-to-me postludes. Of course, three months and five pieces into the challenge, life got upended by the pandemic, so I think this will end up being a challenge for 2020 and 2021. Regardless, I sure am enjoying learning all this new rep! …
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Last summer, I spent 10 hours driving from St. Louis to Chicago and back. To pass the time, I skimmed through a stack of CDs from E. C. Schirmer, ECS Publishing Group, and Morningstar. Whenever something caught my ear, I wrote down the track number. And now, a year later, here’s the list! Sixteen choral …
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Listen in for an in-depth interview with Lester Ruth, Zachary Barnes, and Adam Perez, three of the authors of Flow: The Ancient Way to Do Contemporary Worship. This is part one of two parts; next month’s episode continues with Flow’s four other authors: Andrew Eastes, Jonathan Ottaway, Glenn Stallsmith, and Deborah Wong.
Since March, I’ve noticed five distinct types of online worship services in Christian congregations. I’ve outlined them below primarily for my academic colleagues whose students would usually attend in-person services for a class assignment. Those of us leading online services may also be interested in how other congregations are approaching their online services. In making …
Listen in for an in-depth interview with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones about her new book Flaming?: The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance.
We don’t know what the future is bringing, but we can be active right now to imagine the New that we’re heading toward. A note for listeners: this is our last episode for a few months while Sarah is on maternity leave. Stay nimble!
Here’s how we’re planning for the fall – with curiosity and a focus on the big “whys” of the ministries we lead. Joining us is Christine V. Hides, Director of Christian Education at Kenilworth Union Church.
On today’s episode, Jessica French shares her compositions, how her compositional process is influenced by synesthesia, as well as her work as a soprano and music educator.
Freedom to move, to eat, to coffee. This and other ways we see in-person worship changing because of our extended time at home. (Spoiler alert: Sarah’s keeping the comfy pants.)