I first heard the song God Be Praised a year ago at a Worship Conference put on by Gateway Church. Â I was captured immediately by the melodic flow and anthemic declaration of this song. Â In a live worship environment it really draws the crowd in and elevates the experience to a celebration of faith. Â It’s …
While I have to give props to the original version of this tune on YouTube, I couldn’t resist making this version my song of the week. Kieran (my son) accompanied Mike Hancock from Mountain Valley Church at a Valentines event we did this week and it was a hit with the crowd. Â I love the …
I remember wooden pews and ratty dark-brown hymnals in those pews. I remember Ada (an elderly lady in our church) singing How Great Thou Art…acapella, out of key and with all her soul. I remember mom playing piano and Lola Redfern playing the organ. I remember a lot of things about the music in the …
I’m going to be highlighting a song each week here on my blog. Â It might be a new tune or one that’s been around for a while. Â The featured song will usually be worship driven but I might also bring in a mainstream tune here and there just to spice things up a bit. To …