creative process
Kickstart Songs to Pray By
So as not to bury the lead: I’m raising some money, $10 for great music… come on, give it a try. Here’s some background info: When Neighbors Abbey began we decided it should be a part time job. And so my other job was as a contract worship curator for City Church Eastside with [...]
How Music works in Worship?
Recently my friend Bruce Reyes-Chow suggested I blog “How does music touch your soul?” He left it pretty broad so I’ll have some fun with this. I’m going to unpack the use of music in worship and take it from a systems approach rather than a “everyone should sing because the bible includes songs and [...]
structure verses interaction, is this a fair dichotomy?
For year I’ve been having conversations with friend, blogging-preacher-mom MaryAnn McKibben Dana, about worship. We were in seminary together and led many an alternative approach to preaching and liturgy. But now she is serving in a traditional context. Recently I asked her to hit me up with a question or two for this blog. She writes: My [...]
