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“Do You Hear the People Sing?”

A couple of weeks ago, I sat in our living room with a couple of church members after dinner.  As we talked, I asked them, “Why don’t people sing during our church service?”  It was an honest question.  What ensued was a long discussion about the role of music in the church and a rehashingContinue reading ““Do You Hear the People Sing?””

The Lower Lights: A Hymn Revival, Vol. 2

Perhaps I am guilty of nostalgia, but there’s something about the old tent meetings under the open starry sky, the flickering of lanterns, and the ebbs and flows of a fire and brimstone preacher’s call for sinners to repent that really gets me going.  The 42 member group The Lower Lights have put out aContinue reading “The Lower Lights: A Hymn Revival, Vol. 2”