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Lord, enthroned in heav'nly splendor, first-begotten from the dead, Thou alone, our strong Defender, liftest...

I know it's too late for this year, but yesterday I had this great idea!...

[W]hat we wear, where we stand, how we move (vesture, posture, and gesture) all matter,...

"Much Protestant worship consists of a desperate attempt to make it look as if something...

Last week's post on masturbatory worship certainly received the response I was anticipating. Many of...

I'm not exactly sure who first thought it would be a good idea to line...

Yep. I'm with you. Not very long ago, I was one of you. Sitting in...

“If music is to fulfill its intended purpose in worship, it has to be understood...

Contemporary megachurch-style worship is a self-worshiping, self-referential, nearly auto-erotic pursuit. Many times, I've chosen to...

A guest post by Les Lamkin Why Liturgy? In my previous guest articles for Ponder...

Most of the time when I talk about church music it's tied into its function...

I recently read an online article entitled, "Where Next for Contemporary Worship?" It was actually...

  Neither praise nor worship have a style. They are to be spontaneous, unrehearsed, and...

Many of you may have heard that today is the 200th birthday of Silent Night....

I should preface the following remarks by saying I am not anti-technology. How could I...

One of the most frustrating misconceptions borne out of the commercial Christian worship movement is...

As a professional church musician, Christmas Eve is probably my favorite holy day of the...

Relevant online recently shared Hillsong's new version of O Holy Night, claiming it will "give...

George Herbert Walker Bush June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018 The Burial of the...

In Celebration of and in Thanksgiving For the Life Of George Herbert Walker Bush June...

Someone asked me the other day if I was planning to check out the new...

It's that time of year again. For the next few weeks in the majority of...

When my old, usually reliable car is giving me trouble, there's only one person I...

As a professional Christian, I don't get many Sundays off. In fact, I tend to...

You might notice I said "'hymns' are better than contemporary worship songs." Not "old hymns."...

I want to make one thing clear before I plant my tongue partially in cheek:...

In the early 90s, the private music studio of Reva Cooper Unsicker made occasional appearances...

I need to be honest with everyone. There are a lot of contemporary worship songs...

"For the most part institutions are lost, not because they are stormed by hostile outsiders,...

When I was about 12 or 13 years old, my grandparents gave me a birthday...