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Bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki want nuclear weapons' ban Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
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Zimbabwe trade union leader forced to flee, say Christian students Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
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Washington Cathedral hosts Christian-Muslim summit Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
posted on March 1, 2010 in In Song
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Shouldn’t churches avoid the new and trendy, and keep Mr. and Mrs. Stalwart comfortable until it’s time to shut the doors for good?
posted on February 15, 2010 in In Song
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I’ve spent a lot of time hanging around worship leaders, picking their brains. I here offer the fruits of my kleptomania.
posted on February 1, 2010 in In Song
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There they were, Haitians singing, dancing and drumming what CNN Guy called “religious songs” as they patiently waited for basic necessities. Here I was, safe inside my home, wanting to sing and pray along with these people that I didn’t know.
posted on February 1, 2010 in In Song
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Room 217 is a series of CDs designed to offer musical comfort to people suffering illness or facing death, and to those who care for them. This project, initiated, developed and produced by pianist and composer, Bev Foster, has many facets.
posted on January 15, 2010 in In Song
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Sometimes I wonder where Presbyterians are the most playful—and self-revealing. I’m not convinced that it’s when we worship… Was that a logical leap? Blame it on the New Year’s egg-nog. Or blame it on our Presbyterian thesaurus that doesn’t put “worship” and “play” together.
posted on January 1, 2010 in In Song
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As I described in an earlier In Song entry, a church’s recording project can invite a wider public to listen to what is going on musically in a congregation, opening a window, and sometimes an inviting door, into its life.
posted on December 15, 2009 in In Song
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Composer Ronald Beckett’s opera Ruth (1996) is the first in a trilogy of biblical musical dramas. It has been performed in a number of venues in Ontario, including Central, Brantford, where Beckett is music director. The CD of the opera lasts just over an hour, and is performed by a chorus of Israelites, a chorus of youths, and soloists who portray the characters Ruth, Naomi, Boaz and a Narrator.
posted on December 1, 2009 in In Song
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Churches are always in need—and sometimes in desperate need—of renewal in their worship arts. Congregational song is one strand in the tapestry of our church life that is dangerously frayed. Part of the problem is that we are not a singing culture.
posted on November 15, 2009 in In Song
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One detail often omitted from a church’s recording project is copyright. But copyright is a justice issue.
posted on November 1, 2009 in In Song
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Cameron Strings is a duo of guitar and vocals. Tara and Scott Cameron, originally from Toronto, lead music at Holy Trinity Anglican in Merrickville. What the Cameron duo offers is simple and direct.
posted on October 19, 2009 in In Song
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A Presbyterian minister told me—back in the early 80’s—that the Presbyterian Church is not known for its music. Being both true and not true, the statement stuck with me.
