Authentic Worship
In the last two weeks, I’ve had a couple of questions concerning choral led worship. I want to take a moment to spell out the role of the choir. Choral led worship is characterized by the choir serving as the primary worship leader. The choir encourages congregational participation in worship by leading the congregation away from a …
In this previous article, I discussed how first-person worship music is many times egocentric. But just because a song or hymn is written in firstperson, doesn’t necessarily make it inappropriate for worship. First Person Psalms Many Psalms dig deeply into the human experience and explore a wide range of emotions. In Psalm 17:1 David declares …
The child sat coloring her paper. Yet despite her mother’s sincere efforts to keep her quiet, her innocent whispers reached the pew where Ms. Margaret sat. The result was a sour look shot right to the heart of an already self conscious young mother. Unsurprisingly, that family never returned to church. Every congregation is unique, …
A hundred years from now congregations will primarily sing hymns. But it won’t be a return to the 1950s.