Today I Feel Pain I Have Never Felt Before
(Author’s Note: This little lament was written early in 2014. For three years, I had been orchestra director at a wonderful SBC congregation for a […]
Creativity
MUSIC: Pain, Pleasure, and Promise
(Author’s Note: This essay was written during the week after Christmas, 2022. My goal was to help people who are not musicians understand what we […]
November 23, 1966, The Day before Thanksgiving
Psalm 16:11 NKJV You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. […]
Wasted Assets
What Is the Real Cost of the Worship Arts? How do we assess the cost of public worship? The most obvious accounting would be of […]
Joy! Exploring a Worship Essential
Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing […]
Order: Exploring a Worship Essential, Part Two
PART TWO Order on Display Artistic Order Having dealt with dimensions of internal order of the mind and heart, it is time to turn our […]
Truth: Exploring a Worship Essential, Part One
John 4:24 KJV God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 8:31-32 KJV If ye […]
Truth: Exploring a Worship Essential, Part Two
Principles of Truth for the Worship Arts Principle Number One The Worship Service Should Tell the Truth about Jesus. The Word of Truth Confessing the […]
The Psalms and Contemporary Worship
(Author’s Note: This is the script for a video produced in August of 2021 as an addition to a Christian Education lesson) I want to […]
Heaven’s Children Part Two
(Author’s Note: This essay was written between 1995 and 1997 when I was part of music faculty at Southeastern College (now university.) I was also […]