The Journal

Tag: Worship Music

Posts on worship music itself — what it is for, what makes one hold up, and how it gets used on an ordinary Tuesday as well as a Sunday.

Singing in Church When You Think You Can’t

The qualification in Psalm 150 is breath. Why making a sound matters anyway, what actually helps, and what to do on the…

The singing is the smallest part. Choosing as teaching, keys people can reach, signposting, and the weeks you lead with nothing left.

Psalm 136 repeats one line 26 times. What repetition actually does, when the complaint is fair, and the flat-voice test that settles…

Philippians 4:6 is a redirect, not a prohibition, and Peter’s verb means to hurl. What to do when you cannot feel a…

Pick what people already know, watch the promises, and leave room for grief. A shape that works, from a songwriter’s side of…

Thirteen commands in six verses, eight instruments, and one entry requirement: breath. Why an instrument list is a fitting end to that…

A word of glory: to God, be glory, forever, amen. Where the New Testament breaks into one, and why the form is…

Jesus removed the venue question at a well in Samaria. What worship actually requires, shapes that work, and the days you cannot…

Read the set as a paragraph before you read it as a key change. Moods, promises, ranges, pronouns — and the one…

The difference is structural, not spiritual: hymns develop an argument, modern worship drives one truth deep. The Psalms do both, in one…