For the past few months I’ve had a new project up my sleeve, and now I get to share it with you! Organ Media Foundation just launched a new Youtube show, Your Sunday Service, and I’m one of the hosts. Each episode features a new piece of easy or intermediate music that’s suitable for church …
We church leaders have a lot to learn from game theory – and especially, how we should think of churches as part of an “infinite game” rather than a “finite game.” Drawing on Simon Sinek’s new book The Infinite Game, Bill and Sarah share how infinite games provide a conceptual grounding for leading churches in …
What is “nimbleness” and why should we value it as church leaders?
What are your favorite hymnals? Crawford Wiley and I talk about our top five favorites. Since none are hymnals that our congregations sing from, we use them in our service planning and sometimes devotionally.
New year, new decade – pretty exciting stuff! (Or, you know, totally arbitrary….try explaining why today of all days is the “new year” to a 3-year-old!) So today, 12 resources for a thoughtful, organized year – I hope some are helpful to you. Happy New Year!
How can singing foster our relationships with strangers? And how can singing not just foster relationships, but be a powerful means of hospitality? Dr. Helen Phelan draws on her ethnographic work with a Congolese-Irish choir to show the potential of “sonic hospitality” through singing together.
For those of us seeking to support women composers and increase representation in our teaching…a new initiative I’ve started: The Women Composers Challenge. This past year I bought 50% music by women composers and tried (mostly successfully) to program at least one choral or organ piece by a woman composer in every concert and church …
‘Tis the season for hospitality! Bill and Sarah talk about open houses, small groups, alcohol, and what it means to focus on the church’s social cohesion (not on our personal friendships). Plus an announcement! We are changing our podcast’s name from “Called” to “Getting to Nimble.” This change should show up in your podcast feed …
Hospitality (Plus an Announcement!), on Called Ep. 15 Read More »
An excellent new collection for the organist who has everything. Musician’s earplugs, for safe, unmuffled listening.
Social media can be tricky for those of us who minister in churches. Bill and I share four perspectives to help us make wise use of this tool: Ask yourself, “Who is my neighbor?” given the endless, often anonymous nature of social media Use social media as a pastoral tool, a way to minister to …