John MacInnis offers some historical perspective and practical ideas for how the power of music can foster cultural inclusivity in our church communities while keeping all our eyes where they belong—forever on Jesus.
Articles tagged with music
Estate Planning: Psalms and Hymns for a Lifetime
Our “estate planning” would do well to include equipping ourselves with songs that have nurtured the Church for decades and centuries.
Church Music in the Current Technological Age
As hymn books dissolve into digital catalogs and organs morph into macbooks, what do we make of the source of our songs? Who decides what gets written and what gets played (are the worship wars really over)?
The Problem with Christmas Carols for People Longing for the King
The problem with the instantaneous switch from “regular music” to “all Christmas, all the time” is that this isn’t really what the season is about. It is time Advent is reclaimed for what it is really about.
Q+A with Derek Webb
An interview with music industry veteran, Derek Webb.
Exile on E Street: The Pilgrimage of Bruce Springsteen
As I, like the narrators of his albums, work out the big questions, Springsteen’s music has been both a puzzle and provocation. Not every album was a home run, but for him, that wasn’t really the point as much as it was a true chronicle of his own questions and pursuit of better answers.