Resuming Worship – A Guide
The Director of The Center for Congregational Song has been working for nearly a month on an ecumenical consultation led by United Methodist, Lutheran, and Episcopal liturgical scholars, medical experts, […]
21st of April 2020
Hymn Society Conference Going All-Digital
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada has announced that its Annual Conference, scheduled for July 12-16, will be an all-digital event. The conference was originally to have […]
25th of March 2020
COVID CAROLS
That’s right…these are carols (new texts set to familiar Christmas Carol tunes) for the Covid-19 pandemic. DOWNLOAD COLLECTION* *UPDATED 4-2-2020 Watch the full collection including sign language interpretations here: Introduction […]
10th of March 2020
Corona Virus & Congregational Song
Last Sunday at my little congregation in Baltimore, the pastor decided that for the passing of the peace we would encourage people to say “peace be with you,” bow, wave, […]
2nd of March 2020
Consumerism and Congregational Song: Part II
Blogger David Bjorlin is a worship pastor at Resurrection Covenant Church (Chicago), a lecturer in worship at North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago), and a published hymnwriter. In my previous blog […]
24th of February 2020
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 […]
3rd of February 2020
Album Review – His Mercy Is More: The Hymns of Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
The Context Matt Boswell and Matt Papa have been cowriting hymns for over a decade, and this album represents the fruit of their co-labor. Boswell is a lead pastor at […]
28th of January 2020
Album Review – Cardiphonia, “Hollow Square Hymnal”
The Context Cardiphonia is a collaboration of artists and musicians who give their first fruits to the church. Bruce Benedict, Chaplain of Worship and Arts at Hope College is the […]
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 […]
