by Doug | Apr 6, 2020 | Covid 19 songs, New Music Monday, Our methods, Our Mission, Song Video
Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest! As we enter Holy Week we are acutely aware of our desire for physical community in the expression of Christian faith. Imagine how long Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem...
by Doug | Mar 30, 2020 | New Music Monday, Song Video, The power of song, Updates
Ministry update – COVID 19 songs – and Psalm...
by Doug | Mar 23, 2020 | New Music Monday, The power of song
Today’s video is a song of comfort and peace from our family to yours in this time of crisis. “to bestow . . . a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.” Isaiah 61:3 Grace and peace to...
by Doug | Mar 9, 2020 | Indigenous worship song, Music stories, New Music Monday, Song Video
David Ige Oluseyi is a talented kora player that I met and recorded in The Gambia several years ago while working on a curricular song project for Freedom to Lead International. The kora is a hauntingly beautiful 21-string lute found in...
by Doug | Feb 17, 2020 | New Music Monday, Song Video
Luke 2 records the story of Jesus as a boy, teaching adults in the temple. The story ends with, “Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men.” This song, performed by the Malaika Praise Team from the Msoro Anglican Church in Msoro,...
by Doug | Feb 10, 2020 | Music stories, New Music Monday
“Two bits!” You often see indigenous drums in our photos and videos – today you get to see how this hairy skin becomes a smooth drum head. The photo above is a djembe with a new antelope skin (or goat skin, I’m never quite sure as I’ve been told both). I...