New Songs In Old Places

By Dan Wilt

This weekend I’m leading worship in a large Roman Catholic church in beautiful Prince Edward Island. The church itself is just lovely (St. Mary’s at Indian River), and we’ll have a small acoustic ensemble going at it: Jacob Murphy, upright bass; Matt Frise, violin; Will Bernard, acous. guitar; Lindsey Roszell, bgv; and myself on acous. guit. and hammered dulcimer. Should be a blast. It’s a Father’s Day worship fest.

We’ll mingle ancient prayers with contemporary worship tunage, and season everything with fresh arrangements of hymns. Those buildings are echo-y, so we have to figure out how to sonically handle all the tumblerumble in the hall.

Will blog more on how it goes.

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Sheltering Mercy: Prayers Inspired by the Psalms

Sheltering Mercy, along with its companion volume, Endless Grace, helps us rediscover the rich treasures of the Psalms—through free-verse prayer renderings of their poems and hymns—as a guide to personal devotion and meditation.

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