Michael Hawn, a professor of church music at Perkins School of Theology, uses two basic categories when speaking about music in the church: cyclical and sequential. Modern worship music has morphed into a form somewhere between the two.
As half of America and all of Oklahoma now knows, this past weekend Austin Buchanan, a Junior at Oklahoma State, prepared for the upcoming game with the Florida State Seminoles by tweeting a picture of himself behind a banner. In a surreal moment longed for by every college fan holding a sign on the big day, ESPN’s College Gameday picked it up and the tweet went viral.
When Wesleyan ideas are put to the test, the theory makes for good logic and even better practice than Calvinism. Read Brian LePort’s review of Calvin vs. Wesley, a recent book which generously compares these two compelling, and in some ways, competing traditions.
Continuing this series on Bible oriented clichés that must die, I want to insert a comment. You’ll find a lot of blogs that attack evangelical clichés, and a common denominator in a great many of
If you are not familiar with Henri Nouwen, you need to be. The writings of this former Catholic priest, University professor, and Spiritual Formation prophet have touched my soul and nurtured my spiritual life as
