Stephen Altrogge recommends that those who don’t feel like singing with the gathered church are at odds not only with those singing in the room, but all of creation. It’s not a voice problem, but a vision problem. Look around and then join in the chorus. An excerpt: Psalm 19:1-4 declares that the entire creation …
Paul Clark publishes a short post by Mark Edwards on using both screens and hymn books at different times to support congregation singing. I grew up in a church that used word-only hymn books and simply learned all the tunes by ear over time. Most of the churches in my denomination were the same, so …
The latest edition of the online 9Marks Journal has a variety of articles on church song and church singing. “Why do congregations sing, what should they sing about, and how can they sing better?” So sets of articles on songs, singing and song leading feature. Well worth a read.
Steven D. Brooks points out that ‘reality’ television singing competitions are more than just problematic by discouraging the wider public from singing, the impact is that Christians are not being obedient to God because they don’t think they sound okay. Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! …
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