by Joyce Long Many times the comment “Hi, Son! Good to hear from you” isn’t what we say within our family. “No news is good news” might be more accurate. This time was no different. After three months of physical therapy treating a dislocated kneecap, the “second opinion” orthopedic surgeon decided a ruptured patella tendon […]
by Kelly Carr About a decade ago, my grandparents were highly invested in deciding what to do for their own funeral arrangements. There were a lot of options given to them, and they kept debating what would please them both. At one point, a mausoleum was in contention: My grandfather: “I want to be in […]
by Jason Hills My 8-year-old son Graham loves to play the piano. He’s pretty good, as a matter of fact. Anytime he hears a song that catches his ear he can’t wait to get his fingers on the ivory to pluck out the melody. He can figure out tunes he heard a week ago on […]
by Jim Byerly What was once called music, and then called praise, is now called worship. “So, how was worship today?” usually means, “How was the band and music?” We can arrange our worship into two categories: personal and corporate (or institutional)—the latter referring to occasions when the church comes together to worship. From Scripture […]
by Dinelle Frankland In the Old Testament there is no general term for worship. In fact, rather than defining worship, Old Testament writers describe the actions of the people of God as they respond to his work and character. Most of us would readily point to music as one of these actions. We might also […]
