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Why Is It So Hard to Focus on Easter?

April 25, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen 6 Comments

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to really give your attention to Easter? I mean the actual resurrection. The main event. It isn’t the marshmallow bunnies and chocolate eggs that distract us. Take, as an example, #1 in the sharefaith.com list of “Top 10 Easter Worship Songs” from last year. (I don’t really know […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Music, Theology, Worship Tagged With: Easter, Easter Worship Songs, Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me), Lord I Lift Your Name on High, resurrection

Note to Hymn Writers: Tell the Truth

November 22, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 15 Comments

Fairly frequently in mainline churches Sunday morning worship brings me hymns and songs from many different eras. John Wesley might come in the same service as Matt Redman, and Fanny Crosby might sneak in on the same day. Sometimes a hymn works. Sometimes it doesn’t. I can’t influence Crosby or Wesley, but I would love […]

Filed Under: Music, Theology, Worship Tagged With: Earth and all Stars, Hymns, telling the truth

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