Music Ministry Matters #5

Music Ministry Matters #5

No. 5 - The Changing Role of the Organ in American Church Music            Historians of church music, church musicians, ecclesiologists have often endowed the pipe organ, because of its long association with the...
Music Ministry Matters #4

Music Ministry Matters #4

No 4. - The “Old Way” versus a “New Way” – Reform or Elitism in the New England Meetinghouse            The desire to reform or improve congregational singing is nothing new.  Issues related to it were being...
Music Ministry Matters #3

Music Ministry Matters #3

No. 3 - Some Personal Reflections on Congregational Singing            When I made the fateful decision in the 1970s to become a full-time, career church musician, I quickly discovered my twelve years of higher...
Music Ministry Matters #2

Music Ministry Matters #2

No. 2 - Music, Ministry, and Servanthood        First, a word of confession:  I am a professional musician.  There was a time in our history when that acknowledgement alone would cause churches to seriously question whether...
Music Ministry Matters #1

Music Ministry Matters #1

No. 1 - Authentic Worship and Music MinistryHi there!This newsletter is part of a pre-publication launch process for my book, Servanthood of Song:  Music, Ministry, and the Church, which will be published by Cascade Books, a subsidiary of Wipf & Stock...