Album Review – Shane & Shane, “Hymns, Volume 1”
The Context While in the midst of the regular production of arrangements of songs for worship through The Worship Initiative, Shane & Shane have taken a break to record an […]
18th of October 2018
Interview with Lim Swee Hong
Introduction This episode is with composer, historian, and hymnologist Lim Swee Hong. Dr. Lim is the Deer Park Associate Professor of Sacred Music at Emmanuel College, and the Director of the […]
17th of October 2018
Album Review – Rend Collective, “Good News”
The Context Rend Collective, previously “Rend Collective Experiment,” hail from Northern Ireland and are known for their unique instrumentation and singular energy that characterize their live show. Both the interesting […]
11th of October 2018
Interview with Timothy Dudley Smith
Introduction This episode is the first of two interviews with Bishop Timothy Dudley Smith. The second interview will be posted in season 2. Born 26 December 1926 in Manchester, England, he […]
Introduction to Voices United: A Congregational Song Podcast
Introduction Welcome to our new podcast! We’re excited to launch our first season, starting with our first 2 episodes. This episode is an overview by our host Ben Brody on […]
5 Benefits of Starting a “Family Choir”
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. 5 Benefits of […]
3rd of October 2018
Participation in Praise and Worship – A Retrospective
Author – Adam Perez is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at Duke Divinity School. Worship War There have been many varied but regular attacks posed by […]
24th of September 2018
“Good” Theology?
Author – Brian Hehn is the director of The Center for Congregational Song. Words Words Words We get so caught up in what a song or hymn […]
10th of September 2018
Relaxed and Re-tuned: Scott Chard’s album, Sanctus
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 tried to […]
4th of September 2018
Music Makes Community
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. While doing […]
