Dr. Carl Stam (1953–2011) was the founding director of the Institute for Christian Worship at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he served as a professor of church music and worship. He was also active in parish ministry, serving Louisville’s Clifton Baptist Church as the minister of music and worship. From 1995 until his passing, he distributed a weekly e-mail devotional on worship and prayer, Worship Quote of the Week (www.wqotw.org).
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Daniel A. Frankforter. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. 195 pp. $19.95. Daniel Frankforter is a professor of medieval history and an incredibly articulate critic of the prevalent worship practices in today’s church. As much as this new volume troubles me, I must say that it has been extremely valuable to me as a worship planner, leader, and educator.
Gary A. Furr and Milburn Price. Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc., 1998. 96 pp. $13.00. (1-800-747-3016)
I can still se them walking across the Calvin College campus during COLAM '95-Mark Filbert and his entire children's choir. Like a Pied Piper, he led the children to mealsm recreation, bells, and all the other activities of the first COLAM that included children. Mark, music director of a Lutheran church in Chicago, wanted his children to catch a vision larger than they experienced at home, a vision that would stay with them and help to shape their growth in their own congregation. They had a great time.
Jesus, Joy of All Desiring" may be the single most recognizable piece of music written by johann Sebastian Bach. But although this movement from one Bach's cantatas is familiar, the complete cantata is seldom used in worship today. One reason worship planners avoid this and other Bach worship cantatas is that they seem too daunting.
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