Here’s an excerpt from William Romaine, a colleague of Watts, concerning the ‘new’ songs that were being written for the church in the 1700s: Why in such a case would any man in the world take it into his head...
Bob Kauflin describes the story behind the song Great Is Thy Faithfulness: Thomas Chisholm, who sometimes described himself as “just an old shoe,” was born in a Kentucky log cabin in 1866. He was converted when he was 27, became...
John Schlitt & Bob Hartman of Petra sing Tim Hughes’ popular worship song and Creed: HT: Josh Riley and blog.worship.com
This limited time stream of Wonder Working God from WorshipMusic.com includes Andy’s song Friend of the Poor, which was also part of the CompassionArt project. Here’s the lyric: On the African plains, A young mother weeps, for her hungry child...
Carolyn Arends defends the arts in church with her CT article “Saying More Than We Can Say.” Here’s the nut: There are a thousand arguments for the usefulness of the arts in the church. Paintings and plays let us say...
Wonderful post here from singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson. It begins with his brief review on a book that ends with this nugget: A person is a fool to become a writer. He then extrapolates on the purpose of art in the...
Jennie started writing this while changing diapers on her baby. She shares the story on her blog here. You can listen to it below. Sample lyric: Worthy is the – Lamb who was slain Holy, holy, is He Sing a...
Linford Detweiler – Over the Rhine Here’s an interview I did with Linford Detweiler, who with his wife Karin Berquist, make up the essence of Over the Rhine: Linford Detweiler and his wife Karin Berquist have 20 years of music...
A new opportunity fr om the Catalyst folks for songwriters: Catalyst is about Leaders. Leaders w ho have a passion to impact our Generation, includin g leaders in music and the arts. We value t he local church. We value...
Songwriter Chris Rice says it is the “Donum Mundus clause” in this interesting post: I have introduced a new clause (or provision) into my label contracts called the Donum Mundus Provision, which will serve as an example to artists, labels,...