Worship Weblog
Friday, January 12, 2007
Responses to Recent Publications
We’re grateful for encouraging responses to two new CICW publications, The Art of Worship by Greg Scheer and Stilling the Storm by Kathy Smith.
The Art of Worship was reviewed at Byron Borger’s Hearts & Minds BookNotes blog:
[This book] helps anyone involved in crafting contemporary worship to do it better, with greater doctrinal integrity and attention to liturgical aesthetics. And yet, it is one of the more “nuts and bolts” books done, with very nice descriptions of different kinds of vocals and harmonies and tons of good recommendations. He makes suggestions about different kinds of instruments and percussion. He lists oodles of resources ... This will be a book that is talked about for years. It is rooted in a thoughtful, Biblical worldview and emerges from his work in very respected congregations. While the theological underpinnings are discussed in greater depth elsewhere, this book is a reliable and user-friendly guide.
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Stilling the Storm is currently the featured book at the home page of the publisher, The Alban Institute, and was excerpted in a recent edition of the Alban Weekly newsletter.
We pray these and all of our publications can be used to enrich the worship and ministry of the church.