I am a firm believer that one can (and should!) plan and rehearse a service, but one can’t account for...
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New Psalm Premiere (and more!)
On January 31, 2016, we introduced Steven Rodriguez’s “Psalm 78: Remember the Deeds of Our God,” the 2015 COS New...
2015 Lessons & Carols Service
Our annual Lessons & Carols service is something I look forward to each year. It’s a lot of work, but...
November 1, 2015: a few musical highlights
A worship planner who “swings for the fences” each week is likely to strike out more often than hit a home run....
09.13.15 Highlights
Our Fall schedule of two services started with a bang this Sunday, as the choir began its season and a...
Liturgy Lesson: Treasures Old and New
In Matthew 13:52 Jesus says these enigmatic words to his disciples: “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the...
Palm Sunday & Easter 2015
Holy Week is the highlight of the church year. From the lows of Good Friday to the highs of Easter...
Guitarchestra, March 8, 2015
Fact: Guitarchestra was pretty awesome last Sunday. Here: are the MP3 files to prove it: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty...
2014 Lessons & Carols service
2014 Lessons & Carols I was trying to describe to someone how Church of the Servant’s Lessons & Carols service...
Reflections of Sabbaticalized Minister of Worship
[reprinted from the COS staff newsletter] As many of you know, or noticed, I was on sabbatical this summer. Much...
Let Not Your Hearts Be Hardened
When Steven C. Warner composed a musical setting of Psalm 95 for his Notre Dame Folk Choir, he probably had no...
Guitarchestra’s Guimont
Michel Guimont’s responsorial Psalm 66. Most people do it like this, but we do it like that: