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Cori Belle's avatar

Yes! I just wrote briefly on my own blog about the participatory nature of congregational worship. I believe we come from different church music traditions, but the importance of all God's people singing together is universal! Here's the link to my post: https://coribelle.com/blogs/musical-reflections/posts/7544995/let-the-people-sing-in-defense-of-congregational-singing

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Jarrod Richey's avatar

Thanks for the link. I will check it out.

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D. Luscinius's avatar

What do you think about the place of Psalm 109 and its like? When I saw your title, I expected this to be the subject. The topic you covered is certainly worth thought as well: I would love to hear Anglican-style chant in more churches.

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Jarrod Richey's avatar

I'm happy to sing all the Psalms, even the imprecatory ones. I know some parts of the church are not used to that. I don't think I would be the best qualified to speak on the merits of singing the imprecatory Psalms. My friend Scott Aniol has done some good work on it.

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(Phillip) Wayne Hatcher's avatar

A very good piece. Thank you, Brother.

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Brett Cody's avatar

I love this, brother!

Thank you.

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Jarrod Richey's avatar

Here's a follow-up interview with Joffre Swait regarding the article above: substack.com/pub/joffreswait/p/singing-the-scriptures-an-interview/

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Brett Cody's avatar

Incidentally, I came here from Joffre's interview with you...PURE GOLD! I absolutely loved it!

I am working on my doctorate (on a related topic) and would love a conversation/correspondence if possible.

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Jarrod Richey's avatar

I'd love to chat sometime. shoot me a message and we can set something up.

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