the Bulls Pen
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Come, Emmanuel! (#1)
Each year, I share some posts I wrote a few years ago about some Christmas hymns. Here’s part one of that installment. Continue reading
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Fracture, Unity, and “Tradition”
While it’s absolutely true that we in America have NO real concept of what it means to be persecuted as Christians, or as churches, what it means to experience religious persecution, I think it’s startling at just how often we… Continue reading
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Hymn Reflection: All Creatures of our God and King
Church Music in America is seemingly “torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool.” That is to say, we are experiencing a period of transition stylistically, theologically, and musically as well as lyrically. There appears to be a groundswell of… Continue reading