Doran Stambaugh, formerly of the Chicagoland band w a t e r w o r k s , has written a song, “I Don’t Understand,” as a response to the mass shooting at the Dark Knight screening a week and a half ago. This is a good lament.
Tag: Music
One-Stop Site for Worship Planning
In January I had the privilege of taking two college students with me to join with a gathering of worship leaders from many backgrounds at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. I’m still making use of the things I learned while there.
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has a fantastic Website. It’s a good place to spend some time, and on this Worship Leading Wednesday at WotW, I heartily recommend it. One of their resources that I’ve found most helpful as a worship planner is their “Plan Worship” space. Here you can, in their words:
- Reflect on the meaning and purpose of worship.
- See these nuts and bolts of worship planning.
- Consult our book Designing Worship Together and The Worship Sourcebook.
- Find a worship service outline or service series and adapt it for your worship.
- See our ministry partner, Reformed Worship magazine, for a wealth of worship planning resources. Learn more.
The CICW also provide links to help in the crafting of music, prayers, and art for worship services.
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Birthmark
This post is technically not “Words on the Word,” so I’d imagine that’s an indicator that, even early on, this blog may go in different directions than I originally intended. The initial focus will stay the same: to offer reflections on what I’m learning as a student of the Bible, ministry, life, etc. But as I’m working on vocabulary in the Septuagint of Micah this evening, I’m really enjoying a new record by a group called Birthmark. It’s actually just one guy, Nate Kinsella, who used to be in a band I once tried really hard to like, Joan of Arc.
Birthmark (Nate Kinsella’s solo project) is much smoother than Joan of Arc’s music. It’s electronic and creative, melodic and intriguing. The layering of strings, synths, vibraphone, and guitars keep the music interesting, and the vocals are… in tune! (Not that Joan of Arc ever made that a priority, but it’s nice all the same.) Nate’s quite a good singer in fact.
His brother Mike Kinsella is Owen, one of my all-time favorite musical artists, though I’m not a huge fan of Owen’s sometimes potty mouth, which was completely absent on his first album.
Read more about Birthmark here, and stream the full new album here.
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