No one remembers - or is alive who remembers - if it was cold in New England on Christmas Day in 1863, but the country itself was in the cold grip of the Civil War. Long years of war had taken its toll on homes both Union and Confederate. This Christmas, sons were at war… Continue reading God is not dead nor doth he sleep (a #TBT post)
Category: Soundtrack
WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.6
Nearly anytime I am doing anything with my computer, iTunes is playing the soundtrack. As I worked on yesterday's post about the tragedy in Lancaster County, the new Chris Tomlin CD was playing in the background. To be honest, it was more white noise than anything (sorry, Chris, I'll buy you coffee at Passion 07… Continue reading WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.6
WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.4
My contemplation about what makes a worship song timeless was put on hold this week. I was too busy thinking about worship songs in the present tense as we work on having some of the youth lead worship at youth group this year. We're starting out small and simple. That's probably the best way. Everyone… Continue reading WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.4
The Sounds of Heaven
I just came home from a special night at our church. The womens' ministries group gathered singers and instrumentalists for what they titled "A Celebration of Music," which also included some congregational singing. The program included the ancient and the modern ... an organ/piano duets of Praise to the Lord, the Almighty followed a few… Continue reading The Sounds of Heaven
WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.3
Thinking about what makes a worship song, or hymn if you will, timeless led me to our church hymnal, the CD rack and vague memories of slightly scratchy vinyl in search of those hymns written before I was born that have become part of me. Lately, I've taken to describing the workings of my brain… Continue reading WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.3
LABOR DAY PLAYLISTS
On the way home from work Friday night, I had this idea for a Labor Day post thanking all the workers who have a hand in getting me through the day. Nifty idea, perhaps, but an overwhelming thought. There's the people who make stuff - my toothbrush, shampoo, soap, lotion, hair spray, gel, toothbrush, clothes,… Continue reading LABOR DAY PLAYLISTS
(BELATED) WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.2
On the way to work the other day, somewhere between Charlie Hall and Hillsong, a sudden thought raced through the already caffeine-laden recesses of my brain - of all these songs sung by all these churches and loved by all these people, which of them will we still be singing ten or twenty years from… Continue reading (BELATED) WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.2
WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.1
I've been thinking a lot about worship lately .. lately being, oh, the last two years or so ... what it is, what it isn't, the great songs, the not-so-great songs, the songs I can play on my guitar, how to lead on the rare occasions that I do, leading when I'm a speaker, casting… Continue reading WEDNESDAY WORSHIP THOUGHTS 1.1
