Archive for the ‘Singing’ Category
“Essential Songs” Survey Results
After something like 10 hours wrangling with all this data, I think I have some results to share with you. You can click on the images in this post to see the results, or download the whole thing as a PDF here. Please, comment, repost, and share with anyone you think might be interested. Is […]
Filed under: Hymns, Singing, Songwriting, Worship, Worship Leaders | 1 Comment
Tags: best songs ever written for church, favorite hymns of all time, Hymns, top advent songs, top christmas songs, top hymns
“I don’t feel like singing”
For a few months, this blog has been making one sustained argument: that the most important thing music should do in church is get people to sing. I am trying to paint a picture of corporate worship in which the people in the pews are co-creators of a beautiful sound together with the music leaders, […]
Filed under: Congregational Participation, Corporate Singing, Singing, Worship | 11 Comments
Tags: responsibility to sing, Singing, singing together
Imagine a skeptic visits your church. She is not sure what she thinks about God, Christianity, or organized religion in general, but she came because her friend invited her. She walks in late and the first thing she encounters is the music at your church. As she absorbs the scene–the musicians up front leading, the […]
Filed under: Congregational Participation, Corporate Singing, Evangelism, Leading Worship, Performance, Singing, Worship Leaders | 12 Comments
Tags: attractional worship, christianity, Evangelism, skepticism
