December 2011
103 posts
Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil/That Night in Bethlehem...
Here’s a beautiful traditional carol from Ireland. It’s been recorded by quite a few Irish groups, including Boys of the Lough, Celtic Woman, and Altan.
Here’s a live performance from 2008 by Irish superstar band Altan.
Lucky me living in Dallas - Altan comes here every few years to perform at the North Texas Irish Festival. The band is always one of the biggest...
Gathered 'Round Your Table (Christmas week...
I love the new recording “Songs for the Supper” by Cardiphonia - terrific communion songs! We’ll be looking at them in detail in future blog posts.
For now, listen to this song which references Christmas and Easter. It would make a wonderful communion song anytime during Christmas week.
words: Margaret Clarkson, 1986 music: Nathan Partain, 2003
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November 2011
31 posts
Christmas songs from Bulgaria
Angelite is one of several internationally-recognized women’s choirs from Bulgaria.
In 2004 they released a CD of Christmas songs, called “Angel’s Christmas.”
The CD is sold out at Amazon USA but you can download the album in mp3 format and hear samples of all 14 songs....
Bulgarian Christmas Song, by Kitka
Kitka is an...
‘Joy to the World’ by The Beatles!
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Ethnodoxology: Contextualized Arts in Mission...
Interested in music & arts in missions? Check this out!
Missiology Conference – April 21, 2012 – Deerfield, IL – is offering a special track in
Ethnodoxology: Contextualized Arts in Mission
For more info and registration, see http://www.missiologymatters.com/conf/
Track coordinated by the International Council of Ethnodoxologists (ICE)
For titles and descriptions of the 10...
“Silent Night” by Caribbean Jazz...
Irish Gaelic Christmas Lullaby, "Codail A Linbh"
The lyrics to this song come from an old Irish text. The new music is composed by Michael NcGlynn, founder and director of Anuna (Irish choir).
The lyrics begin as a lullaby from Mary to baby Jesus… then become a dialogue between the two … and ends with Christ on the cross. A poetic connection is made between the infant Christ stretched out in the straw, peacefully sleeping, and the...
Christmas music by Pink Martini: jazzy...
Noël Nouvelet (French Christmas Carol)
“Noël nouvelet” is a traditional French Christmas carol. Today we get 2 different versions for your Christmas carol erudition.
First up is an arrangement by Canadian Loreena McKennitt. It’s available on her CD “A Midwinter’s Night Dream.” This video is of her singing to the instrumental tracks of the CD, with a bagpipe and dumbek propelling a slow Middle...
Jesus, O What A Wonderful Child (African-American...
The origins of this song appear to have been forgotten, as the source is now listed as “traditional spiritual.” There are many, many versions recorded and available in sheet music… but my favorite remains this one sung by John Legend. It’s from his 2006 “Sounds of the Season” recording.
‘Poor Folk Hear Him Gladly’ -...
'Light of the Stable' by Emmylou Harris, country...
One of the best Christmas recordings released in 1979 was “Light of the Stable” by Emmylou Harris.
It featured this marvelous new carol, composed in 1975 by Steven Rhymer and Elizabeth Rhymer. Emmylou recorded this song in 1975 with the perfect harmonies provided by Neil Young, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, and it appeared on the 1979 LP.
It’s since been covered by Selah and...
O Come O Come Emmanuel, jazz/rock by Caleb Quaye
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Global Christmas Song Festival 2011 [30 global...
I co-lead a global worship ensemble in Dallas, Texas, called ‘ISHQ’ {‘LOVE’ in Arabic, Hindi, and some other languages). https://www.facebook.com/pages/ISHQ-DFW/170349292094
We’ve been presenting global worship events for 2 years, and have developed a tradition of a Global Christmas Song Festival We did it once in 2009, once in 2010, and will present 3 variant events...
How Can I Thank You Enough? [hymn medley in gospel...
Dan Adler, founder of Heart of the City multicultural worship ministry in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, made this rollicking hymn medley in a gospel music style. Celebrate USA’s ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ with this song!
This Gospel song by the Heart of the City Worship Band available on ITunes, CDBaby and www.heartofthecity.org. From the CD “It All Belongs to You.”...
Bright Mountains of Home (in memoriam)
I...
ASL of How Great Is Our God
Many hundreds of thousands of people use Amercian Sign Language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asl
Here’s a popular worship song in that language.
'Love Fukushima' - Japanese/Korean...
Yesterday was the first Global Day of Worship, organized to have live video streaming of worship from various countries. In Dallas, I was part of 2 global worship bands that played over an hour’s set of songs from various countries. www.globaldayofworship.com
In the coming weeks, we’ll be highlighting many of those songs (when the video footage is ready). For now, let me introduce you...
The Unity One Worship Concert Experience - Worship...
Are you anywhere near Pennsylvania tonight? Then don’t miss “Unity One,” a major multicultural worship event on Nov 11!
Not in the area? Catch the UnityOne 11/11 Multi-Ethnic Worship Concert live stream at www.soulwinnerz.org!
This year’s songs come from India, China, North America, Russia, Latin America, and more. You will definitely want to join us on November 11th,...
Becoming the Liturgy (Ian Morgan Cron)
I just ‘stumbled upon’ Ian Morgan Cron, a worship leader, author, and provocative thinker… and like what I’m hearing and reading and thinking.
Are you a worship leader in any context? Please devote 5 minutes of your life to watch this video. After your thoughts are provoked, leave a comment.
http://www.iancron.com/
Can't Contemporary Worship Value Authenticity and...
This post is by Ian Morgan Cron, originally posted at http://www.iancron.com/2011/11/10/contemporary-worship/ He brings up an interesting question that should be discussed by many.
This video of the King’s College Cambridge all-male choir singing “O Magnum Mysterium” was filmed live on Christmas Eve 2009.
The contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen wrote the musical setting. The English...
Global Day of Worship 2011: songs by ISHQ
‘ISHQ’ is a word that means ‘LOVE’ in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, and some other languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishq
It’s also the name of a global worship network of musicians in DFW (Texas) that I co-founded in August 2009. In our first 2 years we learned 100+ songs from dozens of countries… though we don’t keep all of...
Global Day of Worship: 11/11/11 (this Friday!)
The Global Day of Worship brings together worshipers of Jesus Christ from various churches, denominations, organizations and geographic locations with a common vision to see Jesus lifted up and celebrated around the world. This Friday night, 7-8 PM in every time zone around the world - live worsrhip streaming from dozens of countries!
The VISION
The Global Day of Worship strives to unify the...
Multi-ethnic Worship: A Roundtable with...
The Charleston Southern University 2011 Values and Ethics Lecture Series, sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Carl W. Ehmann, welcomes Dr. George Yancey, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas to campus November 14-15. Yancey will speak on “Multi-ethnic Worship: A Roundtable with Charleston-Area Pastors” on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at 12:00pm in the Gold Room.
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Heart Sounds Int'l Trains Worship Leaders in India
Heart Sounds International co-founder Frank Fortunato regularly takes trips to India as part of his role serving as International Music Consultant for Operation Mobilization.
He was asked by OM India to have annual input into the musicians and pastors of the Good Shepherd Community Church (GSCC) movement, an indigenous denomination begun by OM India with 1200 pastors serving approximately 3000...
World Worshippers in 20 seconds
Video of Abby Kim, 2nd generation Korean American child, singing Arabic worship song to her uncles. One lived in Ghana and one lived in Dominican Republic. And we were all in Dallas, Texas. :)
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150466142198273
New Contemporary Song in Arabic: We've Waited...
“The song ‘We’ve Waited’ is about our relationship with a God who desires to make his glory known among all peoples, nations and ethnicities.” The song is based on a trip to Cairo, Egypt, and relating to Christians there. The music and video was produced by a team of English- and Arabic-speaking Christians.
The song is contemporary music in Arabic and English with...
Worship Notes Oct 2011 (Ron Man)
Latest issue of blog curated by Dr. Ron Man: missionary, worship leader, scholar, colleague, and internationally-acclaimed teacher about worship.
This issue continues the series on Worship in the Old Testament, this time concluding the section on “Important Themes in Old Worship” with a discussion of “Worship of the Heart (Spiritual Sacrifices).”
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Trilingual chorus from 'Heart of the City' - "All...
Need a multilingual song that’s easy to teach and learn? Try this simple chorus in English, Hmong and Spanish. It’s composed by Dan Adler and performed by Heart of the City Worship Band.
It’s on their CD “With One Voice” and features the lead vocals of Kenny Passmore, Kangza Kong and Eunice Bravo.
All I Need is You by Dan Adler (Hmong translation: Kangza Kong;...
Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses: Worship...
All Saints Day/Martyrs Day is celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In the Western calendar it is the day after Halloween and the day before All Souls’ Day.
The origin of the festival of All Saints celebrated in the West dates to 609 or 610. There is...
