tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033062.post5501054328946444763..comments2008-10-27T15:58:20.055-04:00West Breedlovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17311185082448130791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033062.post-55577976857482536742008-10-27T15:58:00.000-04:002008-10-27T15:58:00.000-04:00Thanks Ron!<BR/><BR/>(For any readers who are interested in the missional use of worship music, you must check out Ron's site: worr.org. Also, of invaluable worth is his monthly Worship Notes.)Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17311185082448130791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033062.post-60418140615978751172008-10-17T14:25:00.000-04:002008-10-17T14:25:00.000-04:00I would recommend the recent book The Message in the Music (published by Abingdon). This fascinating study seeks to give a balanced assessment of both the text and music of contemporary worship music by studying the 77 most commonly used songs in American churches, as reported by CCLI. Different essays in the book deal with the texts of the songs from different angles (Trinitarian language, romantic, imagery, etc.), while other chapters evaluate the music itself.<BR/><BR/>John Witvliet of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has an excellent concluding chapter where he makes suggestions for songwriters and for those who choose songs for worship.<BR/><BR/>I have a review of the book in Worship Notes 3.5 (May 2008) at www.worr.org.Ron Manwww.worr.orgnoreply@blogger.com