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Hymn Highlight: "Now Thank We All Our God"
We Grew Up Singing It the Wrong Way! - Perhaps a parent or teacher once said, “Say it again like you mean it,” when you mumbled through a “Thank you…
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In Praise of Hard Music
J. S. Bach's "Gloria In Excelsis Deo" Rehearsal Excerpt - The point is the formative power of the music on the singer and the listener. It is the…
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Nothing Less Than a Solid Alternate Tune
Watch now (3 mins) | David Erb's Fuging Tune Setting of "My Hope is Built On Nothing Less"
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Jarrod Richey
Singing Together Corporately
The Gettys, The Beatles, & Christians Singing by Rote and Note - Until we get serious about teaching people to sing for themselves by note instead of…
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Jarrod Richey
August 2023
The First & Last of the Senses
On Hearing & Singing from Womb to Tomb
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Jarrod Richey
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All Art Is Interpretive & Hymnody as Folk Music
LISTEN NOW | Selected Soundbytes from Peter J. Leithart, Ken Myers, Scott Aniol & John Mason Hodges.
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Singing Psalm 46 (NKJV)
Watch now (3 mins) | Our Congregation Enjoyed Chanting This Psalm Version
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Jarrod Richey
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July 2023
Music on the Screens in Worship
Projecting More than the Lyrics Alone
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An Argument for Heartier Hymnals
Distinguishing Hymnal from Hymnody and Why it Matters
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Jarrod Richey
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Not That Kind of 'Folk Music'
Traditional Hymnody As Folk Song - We live in a time of expressionism that seeks to radicalize previous norms and desensitize us to misfit pairings of…
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Jarrod Richey
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Singing, Dancing, & Feasting
Watch now (5 mins) | Recapping a Great Week of Musical Encouragement & Refreshment
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Jarrod Richey
June 2023
Music as A Complicated Metaphor
LISTEN NOW | John Hodges Discusses Art, Music, and Beauty.
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