Mark Johnson writes about the paradox of people who love and follow Jesus not using the songs that Jesus loved and used in his own life as part of their worship: In conclusion: The greatest reason for loving the psalms and for using them for worship and to aid us in the ongoing task of …
In which the popular and pervasive fallacy that Martin Luther brought tunes sung in drinking establishments to church and set them to hymn words is taken out behind the woodshed and given a paddling. (Again. This story won’t die.) From Aigner’s article: Here’s what we do know about the Martin Luther situation. Luther was obviously …
It’s a common observation that a lot of new music for churches is not recorded in keys best suited to congregational singing. This can also be true of older settings for hymns. As I search around for hints about finding suitable keys for newer songs this article by Luke Woodard at a site called Discover …
Here’s an amusing animation featuring a scenario in which the piano accompaniest can’t quite reign it in during a church song. (This never happens at our church) HT Reminds me of this one featuring drums.
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