Writings

"Praise & Worship, from Jesus People to Gen X": forthcoming, New Songs of Celebration Render, GIA, ed. C. Michael Hawn

Sing to the Lord a New Psalm: forthcoming, Call to Worship


"A New Thing: modern music for Advent": Worship Arts, Nov/Dec 2007: 7-9

“Singing the Psalms in Modern Worship.”: Reformed Worship, June 2007 Number 84: 46-47.

Ascension Songs: Looking Beyond Your Hymnal": Reformed Worship. Number 83, March 2007, pp10-13.
2007 Writings for the Calvin Institute of Worship Website: Piano Arrangements for Congregational Singing; Review of Heart Sounds' Global Worship 2 CD; The Joy of Music in Community: Reflections on Gloriae Dei Cantores; Report on “Singing God’s Song Faithfully” conference

"The Changing World of Church Music": Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox, December 2006.

The Art of Worship: A Musician's Complete Guide to Modern Worship Leadership: 2006, Baker Books

“Hands Around the World: An Introduction to African and Latin American Percussion in Worship.”: The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song. Vol. 57, No. 3, Summer 2006: 16-22.
"Lectionary Music Aids, Year C": Call to Worship, vol. 40.1, 2006
"Worship Composition: Looking Back, Looking Forward": Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought, June/July 2006 (vol. 21, no. 6): 6-10. Also available online.



2006 Writings for the Calvin Institute of Worship Website: Review of Hilariter's The Whole Bright World Rejoices; Singing the Psalms in Modern Worship: A Review of Psalm CDs; Introduction to Playing Bass on a Worship Team; Teaching Music Ministry: syllabi and resources; Meditations on Lenten Hymns; Participant-Observation of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church

"Pay It Forward: The Importance of Mentoring Musicians": Reformed Worship. March 2005, Number 75, pages 34-35

This article explores ways music ministers can take younger or less-experienced musicians under their wings in a combination of spiritual discipleship and musical apprenticeship that can be called musical mentoring.

Blended Worship: Something Old, Something New (2003): Part 1 of an article that appeared at the Lifeway website.

Broader Blending: New Sources for a More Colorful Worship Palette (2003): Part 2 of the above article.

Review of "Heart of the Artist": Reformed Worship. March 2002, Number 63,

Assorted CD and hymnal reviews Worship Leader Magazine (2000-2002)

"Blended Worship: Something Old, Something New": Polyphony, 1998; re-published in the CCG Journal, 2000

Cave Paintings (1994-97): Various (somewhat dated) etchings from the walls of my life.

Cruel Inventions (1993): A study of artistic restrictions in the field of Contemporary Christian Music. Written while I was studying at the University of Pittsburgh.