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Last night we attended a little theatrical performance, sixteen shortshort plays tossed together like a good salad maybe, all of them having something, more or less, to do with faith and its practice. I'd say that faith was the dressing maybe, but it wasn't--faith didn't simply spice up the greens; faith was the greens. Punctuating the four acts of the performance were four testimonies, offered by the cast. Four times, individuals stepped to the front of the house, removed their…
Greg Scheer
March 16, 2008
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Worship Composition: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Today's worship is riddled with polarities. "Traditional" is set against "contemporary."1 Hymn is set against praise song. The wisdom of professional musicians is juxtaposed with the will of the untrained people in the pews. Some champion aesthetic quality of worship music, while others promote utility.2 Does this "either/or" mentality discourage us from exploring creative new forms of congregational song? Perhaps we have become like the barmaid in the Blues Brothers movie: "We have both kinds of music here: Country and…
Greg Scheer
June 1, 2006