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Resolve to Sing Pt. 5 – Final Encouragement!

Throughout this five-part series, I have sought to convince you that singing more is a worthy resolution. We’ve examined singing as an activity that uniquely unites other spiritual disciplines such as prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. We have considered our creation as singing creatures and Christianity as a singing faith. We’ve consider singing as not Continue reading
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Resolve to Sing Pt. 4 – Singing Advice for Non-Singers

If you have yet to read the first posts in this series, you can access them using the following lints: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. From One Self-Conscious Singer to Another… Having read the first three posts in this series, you may be convinced that singing is an essential and enjoyable discipline…in theory. But Continue reading
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Resolve to Sing: Part 3 – The Satisfaction of Singing

In the first post in this series, I challenged you to consider adding a new resolution to your list: sing more! In the second post, we considered human beings as singing creatures and Christianity as a singing faith. Consider giving those a skim if you haven’t already! A Discipline and Delight Now look, we are Continue reading
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Resolve to Sing: Part 2 – When Did We Stop Singing?

This article is the second in a five-part series, in which I suggest a simple but powerful resolution: sing more. You can read or revisit the first article, which focuses on singing as a spiritual discipline, using this link. Singing Creatures Human beings are singing creatures. We are uniquely made to sing, with a biological Continue reading
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Resolve to Sing: Part 1 – Singing as a Discipline

January is over. How are your New Year’s resolutions going? I hope they’re going well but by this point, we are all probably less enthusiastic than we were at the beginning of 2025. As you take stock and weigh which resolutions to keep, which to let go, and which to revise, allow me to propose Continue reading
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Book Review: How Can I Make the Most of Sunday Services?

I received a copy of How Can I Make the Most of Sunday Services? by Erin Wheeler early this week. This was perfect timing, as it allowed me to read it in preparation for Sunday—which is exactly the point! (Plus, due to its brevity, it helped me get ahead on my GoodReads Challenge.) About & Continue reading
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Final Words & Parting Gifts: Thoughts on Pre-Selecting Funeral Music

Earlier this week, I played for a funeral. Although this is a regular part of my job as a church organist, this particular service was uniquely encouraging. The departed was clearly a remarkable lady. Her children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren sang the hymns with incredible confidence, leading me to believe she has left behind a Continue reading
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Worship Leader, Are You Using the Wrong Metric?

It’s Advent, a season of special services and rousing carols. Even people who rarely listen to traditional worship music will find themselves humming along to “What Child is This?” or belting out “Glo-o-o-o-o-oooo-o-o-o-o-ooooo-o-o-o-o-ooo-ria!” when “Angels We Have Heard on High” plays. For contemporary and traditional worship leaders, the pressure is on. It may be a Continue reading
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September Recommendations

I’ve been silent on my blog lately as I press into the final two months of manuscript writing/editing. Thanks to a walking pad, I’m staving off the stress of this process. I’ll be honest, though: trying to manage full-time music work, ministry, and writing has been a lot. A LOT. But I love it. I Continue reading
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Marvelous (A Song Based on Psalm 139)

On Saturday, I helped a friend lead musical worship for a women’s event. The morning was centered around testimonies, with at least one woman quoting Psalm 139. As I picked out the songs for the morning, I remembered that somewhere in the depths of my old laptop was a song I wrote based on this Continue reading
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