The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, Music, Video on May 30th, 2011
YouTube – Grover Henson Memorial Day Tribute from WJP. I created this video just using iDVD for a sermon this past weekend. Its a great song by Bill Cosby called Grover Henson Feels Forgotten. It came out in 1970, made it up to #70 on Billboard, and then disappeared. I was six when it came […]
Posted in Music on Dec 4th, 2010
Prepare Ye: Everybody Hurts, But You Are Not Alone. Came across this video this morning while working on weekend advent worship. A seminary student at the Lutheran Seminary there posted it. Great song, great cover.
Posted in Leadership Resources, Music, Pastor Stuff on Aug 17th, 2010
At the beginning of this year I wrote an article for our denominational magazine, The Lutheran, about a new set of song books by my friend, Eric Wefald. Like many mainline denominations, we have a difficult time getting our groove on in worship with anything that was written after the 19th Century. This collection of […]
I have found it fascinating how much some people in congregations struggle with “new” music in worship, completely forgeting that the “old classics” were once new and equally criticized by their ancestors. It is simply human nature that we forget our past often in favor of our own preferences. Its too bad because it means […]