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August 2018

August 02, 2018
In my time as a church musician, I have gotten more than an occasional gripe...
August 01, 2018
(A brief warning for anyone who finds the subject of breastfeeding to be gross or...

July 2018

July 21, 2018
  I'm admittedly not the biggest proponent of Vacation Bible School as a ministry strategy....
July 11, 2018
Okay, I admit it. I was wrong. I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I take it...
July 10, 2018
Dear UM Hymnal People, I don't know any of you personally, but let me tell...
July 06, 2018
One reason why we Christians argue so much about which hymn to sing, which liturgy...
July 05, 2018
The Cult of Cafeteria Worship   The Most Difficult Lie Green Like Golf. Or Whatever....
July 02, 2018
Church of St. YouTube Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 1, 2018 Entrance Prelude Andante Religioso...

June 2018

June 29, 2018
Just for fun. "You're never gonna let, You're never gonna let me down, You're never...
June 28, 2018
I have a feeling many of us have been there. You know what I'm talking...
June 26, 2018
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy...
June 24, 2018
Church of St. YouTube Fifth Sunday after Pentecost June 24, 2018 Gathering Prelude Solemn Melody...
June 17, 2018
This is a new regular feature on Ponder Anew, one that I've wanted to do...
June 14, 2018
My first music director job in a church was in a tiny Baptist church in...
June 13, 2018
Churches, Pastors, Music Directors, worshipers, everybody who will be in church in a few weeks,...
June 11, 2018
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June 11, 2018
It's hard to believe that I've spent 15 years of my life in some form...
June 09, 2018
As I’ve said before, engaged traditional worship [primarily] because we like it or because it...
June 04, 2018
People keep asking me about the song "Reckless Love" by Bethel Music and Cory Asbury....

May 2018

May 19, 2018
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May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018
This post is a prayer, most of which I wrote several years ago after another...
May 17, 2018
Dear Jonathan, "Enjoy your posts on Worship. I pastor a small traditional Southern Baptist Church...
May 13, 2018
Mother's Day is a difficult day for the church. A lot of folks expect a...
May 06, 2018
A few weeks ago, a woman in a Facebook group pertaining to church music and...
May 05, 2018
An edifice built to exalt its architects will ultimately collapse upon itself.  
May 04, 2018

April 2018

April 24, 2018
I received this comment on my recent post: A Call To Reject Orgasmic Worship and...
April 21, 2018
Guest post by Les Lamkin. I briefly attended a church that, every few weeks, would...
April 21, 2018
BURIAL OF THE DEAD, RITE ONE Anthems “Nearer, My God, to Thee” arr. John Gardner...
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