Authors: Tammy-Jo Mortensen


April 15, 2019

Drama—our lives are full of it. Sometimes we’re the lead actor and sometimes we’re the audience member. For many of us in leadership positions, it can feel like we create a drama, perhaps even a musical, each and every week. Whenever I consider the underlying drama in worship, I think...

Author(s)
Tammy-Jo Mortensen
Blog
February 15, 2019

Recently, I’ve been pondering the role of instrumental music in the worship service. During my various professional experiences leading music in different denominations and congregations, I’ve noticed that the variety of expectations people bring to worship extends to how they approach the instrumental music, specifically the prelude and postlude. What...

Author(s)
Tammy-Jo Mortensen
Blog
February 15, 2019

Are you always searching for descants or alternative arrangements for singers, instrumentalists, and organ? Look no longer! Find some here . Composer/arranger David Maurand has written some terrific arrangements for singers and organ of some familiar and lesser-known hymns. Along with each arrangement (published in a PDF with the organ...

Author(s)
Tammy-Jo Mortensen
Theme(s)
Music and Singing
Worship Column