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Worship Music as Soul Food: Reconsidering Our Spiritual Diets
John D. Witvliet

The following are video clips from the workshop "Worship Music as Soul Food: Reconsidering Our Spiritual Diets," at the 2005 High School Worship Training Conference, hosted by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and held at Calvin Theological Seminary. You will need Windows Media Player to access the clips.

A companion chart to this workshop is also available.

Introduction - Setting the analogy of music as soul food.
Song and Experience - Tying the music we sing to the lives we live and vice versa.
Music: More Than Words - Music shapes the way we live and the way we worship.
How Music Affects Us - Music always does something to the text and to ourselves.
Physical Positions - Music relies on posture as much as the text and melody.
Psalms on the Mind - Encountering God in worship through music.
Body and Soul - Singing is an effort of both body and soul.
Songs in Action - Songs accomplish actions in worship.
Church Words - The Eight Prayers in Worship and the Liturgical Terms.
Encounter in Music - Songs invite us into forms of prayer and we need to understand what each is saying.
Horizontal and Vertical - Songs sung in community enhance personal and divine relationships.
Diet of the Community - Balanced Diet of Music: Thematic and Style.
Closing Comments - Spirit influences our worship and the music we sing.

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