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August 2018

August 02, 2018

It Really Shouldn’t Be a Burden to Sing the Whole Hymn

In my time as a church musician, I have gotten more than an occasional gripe...

August 01, 2018

How Breastfeeding Is Like Liturgy: A Dad’s Perspective

(A brief warning for anyone who finds the subject of breastfeeding to be gross or...

July 2018

July 21, 2018

9 Rejected VBS Themes

I'm admittedly not the biggest proponent of Vacation Bible School as a ministry strategy....

July 11, 2018

Apologies to ABERYSTWYTH and People Who Love It

Okay, I admit it. I was wrong. I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I take it...

July 10, 2018

A Friendly Letter to the United Methodist Hymnal Revision Committee

Dear UM Hymnal People, I don't know any of you personally, but let me tell...

July 06, 2018

How Bad Worship Drove Me To Kill My Best Friend

One reason why we Christians argue so much about which hymn to sing, which liturgy...

July 05, 2018

The Cult of Cafeteria Worship The Most Difficult Lie Green Like Golf. Or Whatever....

July 02, 2018

Church of St. YouTube: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8)

Church of St. YouTube Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 1, 2018 Entrance Prelude Andante Religioso...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

What If the Last Words of Christian Martyrs Were Bethel Worship Lyrics

Just for fun. "You're never gonna let, You're never gonna let me down, You're never...

June 28, 2018

A Prayer for Those Forced to Listen to Contemporary Christian Music in the Car

I have a feeling many of us have been there. You know what I'm talking...

June 26, 2018

102 Lines from Hymns of Faith to Help You through Tough Times

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy...

June 24, 2018

Church of St. YouTube: Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7)

Church of St. YouTube Fifth Sunday after Pentecost June 24, 2018 Gathering Prelude Solemn Melody...

June 17, 2018

Church of St. YouTube: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 6)

This is a new regular feature on Ponder Anew, one that I've wanted to do...

June 14, 2018

Why I Don’t Sing “America the Beautiful” In Worship (Or Anywhere Else)

My first music director job in a church was in a tiny Baptist church in...

June 13, 2018

I Am the First and the Last; or, Don’t Worship Your Country

Churches, Pastors, Music Directors, worshipers, everybody who will be in church in a few weeks,...

June 11, 2018

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June 11, 2018

How to Get Along With Church Musicians: A Guide for Pastors

It's hard to believe that I've spent 15 years of my life in some form...

June 09, 2018

What Are Your Favorite Hymns?

As I’ve said before, engaged traditional worship [primarily] because we like it or because it...

June 04, 2018

God’s Love Isn’t Reckless, and Neither Should Our Worship Be

People keep asking me about the song "Reckless Love" by Bethel Music and Cory Asbury....

May 2018

May 19, 2018

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May 18, 2018

Royal Wedding Order of Service

May 18, 2018

A Prayer For the End of “Thoughts and Prayers”

This post is a prayer, most of which I wrote several years ago after another...

May 17, 2018

Ponder Anew Mailbag: Which New Hymnal Should a Baptist Church Purchase?

Dear Jonathan, "Enjoy your posts on Worship. I pastor a small traditional Southern Baptist Church...

May 13, 2018

Mother’s Day and the Church’s Dilemma

Mother's Day is a difficult day for the church. A lot of folks expect a...

May 06, 2018

Is It Really Worship If You’re Selling Tickets?

A few weeks ago, a woman in a Facebook group pertaining to church music and...

May 05, 2018

An edifice built to exalt its architects will ultimately collapse upon itself.

May 04, 2018

April 2018

April 24, 2018

There Are Some Things Music Can’t Do, So Let’s Put It In Its Proper Place

I received this comment on my recent post: A Call To Reject Orgasmic Worship and...

April 21, 2018

How the Church Exchanged Worshiping God For Cheap Emotional Thrills

Guest post by Les Lamkin. I briefly attended a church that, every few weeks, would...

April 21, 2018

Barbara Bush Funeral Liturgy

BURIAL OF THE DEAD, RITE ONE Anthems “Nearer, My God, to Thee” arr. John Gardner...

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