The Reason Why We Sing

The Reason Why We Sing PDF

Author: Dr Heather Josselyn Cranson

Publisher: OSL Publications

Published: 2016-04-18

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9781878009739

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What is music during the worship service supposed to do? Dr. Heather Josselyn-Cranson proposes that there are several roles for music in worship and that these roles are manifested in various worshiping traditions. In this book, she hopes to give readers a renewed respect for their own traditions, but also a new-found understanding of the different genres of music sung by Christians today, each with its own function and charm.

True Worshipers

True Worshipers PDF

Author: Bob Kauflin

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1433542331

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Everyone worships. But Jesus tells us that God is seeking a particular kind of worshiper. In True Worshipers, a seasoned pastor and musician guides readers toward a more engaging, transformative, and biblically faithful understanding of the worship God is seeking. True worship is an activity rooted in the grace of the gospel that affects every area of our lives. And while worship is more than just singing, God’s people gathering in his presence to lift their voices in song is an activity that is biblically based, historically rooted, and potentially life-changing. Thoroughly based in Scripture and filled with practical guidance, this book connects Sunday worship to the rest of our lives—helping us live as true worshipers each and every day.

The Reason to Sing

The Reason to Sing PDF

Author: Craig Carnelia

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-04-08

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1000361888

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In The Reason to Sing, renowned composer-lyricist and teacher Craig Carnelia provides musical actors with a step-by-step guide to making their singing performances more truthful, vivid, and full of life. Using a technique developed over decades of teaching the professional community of Broadway actors and students alike, The Reason to Sing utilizes detailed descriptions of sessions the author has had with his notable students and lays out a new and proven approach to help you build your skills, your confidence, and your career. This book is intended for musical theater acting students as well as working professionals and teachers of the craft.

Pastoral Moves - 9Marks Journal

Pastoral Moves - 9Marks Journal PDF

Author: Jonathan Leeman

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-05-20

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781546841319

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Quick, before you make another move, pastor, read this Journal!If you're thinking of leaving your church for another, start with Michael Lawrence's article on leaving wisely. In fact, look at Matt Schmucker's even before you think about leaving. Have you looked yet? Okay, what about now? I've seen enough pastors come and go to know that Lawrence and Schmucker just might shift your paradigm.Or maybe the process of searching has begun. Mark De-ver, Bobby Jamieson, Walter Price, and Dennis Newkirk will help you to avoid common mis-takes and pursue the next pastor wisely.Then again, maybe you should not make a move at all. Jeramie Rinne and Mark Dever will tell you why. Pastor Rinne, in fact, would rather see you dead right where you are. What a pastor!

Singing the Congregation

Singing the Congregation PDF

Author: Monique M. Ingalls

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-09-17

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0190499664

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Contemporary worship music shapes the way evangelical Christians understand worship itself. Author Monique M. Ingalls argues that participatory worship music performances have brought into being new religious social constellations, or "modes of congregating". Through exploration of five of these modes--concert, conference, church, public, and networked congregations--Singing the Congregation reinvigorates the analytic categories of "congregation" and "congregational music." Drawing from theoretical models in ethnomusicology and congregational studies, Singing the Congregation reconceives the congregation as a fluid, contingent social constellation that is actively performed into being through communal practice--in this case, the musically-structured participatory activity known as "worship." "Congregational music-making" is thereby recast as a practice capable of weaving together a religious community both inside and outside local institutional churches. Congregational music-making is not only a means of expressing local concerns and constituting the local religious community; it is also a powerful way to identify with far-flung individuals, institutions, and networks that comprise this global religious community. The interactions among the congregations reveal widespread conflicts over religious authority, carrying far-ranging implications for how evangelicals position themselves relative to other groups in North America and beyond.

Reason Why I Sing

Reason Why I Sing PDF

Author: Mike Spears

Publisher: Spearit Publishing

Published: 2014-09-06

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0990761304

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Reason Why I Sing is a cautionary tale of Mike Spears’s experiences as an artist for a major recording label and his journey through the dark side of the music industry. Names, companies, and other details have been changed in the story to protect the privacy of those involved, but the stories documented are all based on real-life events. Mike details his humble beginnings in small-town Illinois and his journey to Atlanta, a major music city that has produced some of the biggest stars of R&B and other genres. During his time as a signed artist, Mike recalls dealing with sexual manipulation, betrayal, and loss. He writes about losing himself and his values on the way to stardom, as well as his path back to being true to himself and his art. “I am exposing a lot about myself. I become completely naked and allow my flaws to show in this story. I’ve lived a life where I have pretended to be more than I was, till one day I was sick of myself. I had grown annoyed with who I was because it was fake and lacking substance,” says Spears of those days. "I'm the type that if a book doesn't get me interested within the first two pages, I'm done... The story, writing and heart of Mike Spears didn't let this rare reader put it down.The cold honesty made every one of my emotions run high throughout the book with a mix of heartache, loss and warmth. A definite read and a true story that everyone should read as it would make the world a better place and expose the ugly side of the entertainment industry" -Dane Butch/Entertainment Director, ECP

Ebony

Ebony PDF

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1995-10

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Sing!

Sing! PDF

Author: Keith Getty

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 146274267X

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Sing! has grown from Keith and Kristyn Getty’s passion for congregational singing; it’s been formed by their traveling and playing and listening and discussing and learning and teaching all over the world. And in writing it, they have five key aims: • to discover why we sing and the overwhelming joy and holy privilege that comes with singing • to consider how singing impacts our hearts and minds and all of our lives • to cultivate a culture of family singing in our daily home life • to equip our churches for wholeheartedly singing to the Lord and one another as an expression of unity • to inspire us to see congregational singing as a radical witness to the world They have also added a few “bonus tracks” at the end with some more practical suggestions for different groups who are more deeply involved with church singing. God intends for this compelling vision of His people singing—a people joyfully joining together in song with brothers and sisters around the world and around his heavenly throne—to include you. He wants you,he wants us, to sing.

Why Catholics Can't Sing

Why Catholics Can't Sing PDF

Author: Thomas Day

Publisher: Crossroad Publishing

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780824511531

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This book is about the culture of American Christianity and what it does to our understanding of God, self, and community as reflected in the way Christians worship.

That's Why We Sing

That's Why We Sing PDF

Author: Darryl Tippens

Publisher: ACU Press

Published: 2013-07-29

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 0891129553

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In this booklet, Darryl Tippens issues a rousing call to renew our great heritage of congregational singing. First, he recalls some of the main reasons why singing is central in the life of the church. And second, he offers specific suggestions for preserving and renewing the practice of congregational singing today.