Wandering in the Wilderness
Author – Ginny Chilton Maxwell is Music Minister at Church of the Ascension in Norfolk, Virginia, where she serves as organist, choirmaster, and elementary music teacher. I’m back! I started […]
13th of February 2020
Why won’t people sit through my postlude?
Guest Contributor – Hannah Cruse is the founder of The Church Musician’s Assistant. She has been working in the church music field for a decade and has a Master of […]
13th of January 2020
Roman Catholic Song Spectrum
While I am not personally Roman Catholic, I have spent and continue to spend a lot of my time in Roman Catholic spaces, with Roman Catholic musicians, and leading song […]
6th of January 2020
Why Sing in Worship?
Author – Adam Perez is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at Duke Divinity School. In this blog post, I want to offer some simplified responses to the question, “Why […]
18th of December 2019
The Church Is Dying – And I’m Not Bothered
The Church Is Dying This morning I read yet another headline from a denominational news source to the effect of “9 things the church must change immediately so it doesn’t […]
3rd of December 2019
Questions for the Director – CCLI or Onelicense?
Here’s the next question that I sometimes get from you church musicians and pastors out there. This one is about copyright. I’m sure many of you will relate to the […]
21st of November 2019
Lessons & Carols Ideas
We’re grateful for friend of The Center and Hymn Society member Greg Scheer for sharing his document of “Lessons and Carols Brainstorms” that includes general background on this type of […]
18th of November 2019
Ten Artists Kanye Obviously Doesn’t Know About
We weren’t going to post anything about Kanye West and his new album. Frankly, he gets enough press already and most of his music isn’t designed nor does it lend […]
4th of November 2019
An Interview with George Shorney
Many times the people who are most passionate about a topic and those who do so much to empower and enable good and important work are never given the spotlight. […]
21st of October 2019
5 Simple Answers
Blogger Brian Hehn is the Director of The Center for Congregational Song, adjunct professor of worship at Wingate University, and Director of Music at Light Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, MD. […]
