Using the Metrical Index

his Sunday, one of the major themes of our service is the Christian’s love for God. Psalm 116 immediately came to mind as one of the seminal passages in the Bible regarding loving God. I scoured my psalters for a suitable setting of the text and ended up with Isaac Watts’ version.
I love [...]

Eschatological Worship (a few thoughts)

ll worship is eschatological. All true worship remembers the past, experiences the present and looks toward the future. In that sense, eschatology should shape how we see our gathered worship of God. It is in worship – in hearing the Word preached, in prayer, in exhorting each other, in affirming [...]

God Be Merciful to Me

ere is a very quick and dirty arrangement of Chris Miner’s tune for “God Be Merciful to Me”. I’ve done some harmony adjustment that makes the song more of a confessional, in my opinion. I obviously cranked out this arrangement after listening to “Summer Skin” by Death Cab for Cutie one too many [...]

Whirlwind Reflections

’m currently sitting in my hotel room in Grapevine, Texas after a busy weekend.  After beginning the day on Saturday with the wedding of two good friends, I drove up here to the Metroplex so that I can attend a conference on Monday and Tuesday.  As part of my trip, I visited several churches in [...]

Fresh Content Coming

t’s pretty depressing when most of the recent posts are in the category “Site Information”.  That won’t be the case for long.  After a lengthy sabbatical that has included graduating from seminary, moving, starting a job, getting married, undergoing ordination exams, purchasing a house and getting ordained, I am working on the site once again. [...]