Today is May 6, and it’s been more than two weeks since Holy Week and Easter. For many church musicians, it’s the busiest week of the year. I played for seven services starting with three on Palm Sunday, one on Maundy Thursday, a two-and-a-half hour Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday, and two grand Easter… Read More Survivor … but?!
I hardly ever check my Twitter feed, but this headline caught my eye: Madison Church Organist Retiring After Years at the Same Campus Area Church. Of course, I knew the article was about our long-time organist friend, Bruce Bengtson, and his long tenure at Luther Memorial Church in Madison, WI. Click the link for the complete… Read More 40 years!
For church musicians, it’s the busiest week of the year. My life this week isn’t unlike many of my colleagues, except perhaps that in addition to preparing music for four different churches, I also am the parish administrator in another — and have the responsibility of typing, then duplicating four different 20+ page bulletins. (P.S.… Read More It’s Holy Week, but . . .
For a number of years, our local chapter of the American Guild of Organists held a clergy-organist dinner, a time when we could say ‘thank you’ to each other for working together. A date was scheduled for a similar event this year, but was cancelled due to lack of interest. This was most unfortunate, because… Read More Clergy appreciation dinner
The latest issue of Divinity magazine has a fascinating article called “The Church Musician as (Overlooked) Theologian,” published by Duke Divinity School. The opening paragraph starts with a challenge: “No one goes to church and thinks, ‘I sure hope the worship will be dull and uninspiring.’ People desire vibrant worship. Whether it’s the communal practices… Read More The Church Musician as Theologian