Isaac Everett

I was interviewed by the Episcopal News Service for a piece they did on Advent music. It’s an interesting read:

As inevitable as Advent wreaths and Christmas pageants, music fills Episcopal churches throughout the holiday season. Congregations embrace services of Lessons and Carols and performances of Handel’s “Messiah” as choir directors seek to provide a balance of the beloved and familiar with new works illuminating the miracle of the Incarnation.

Unlike in shopping malls – and some other denominations – the music of December is not Christmas carols but Advent hymns during the four weeks before the Nativity.

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This month, I have a paper published in Liturgy: the Journal of the Liturgical Conference Vol 26, No 2. It’s a ritual analysis of my New York City – based house church, focusing especially on how we create spaces in which collaborative, improvised liturgy can happen.

The issue also features articles by Jonny Baker, Shane Claiborne, and Jonathon Wilson-Hartgrove, and is well worth reading!

Click here to get a copy.

This month, Abingdon Press is putting out Worship and Song, a musical resource with all kinds of good stuff in it, including the musical confession that j. Snodgrass and I wrote for my second album. I suppose this makes us legitimate hymnists now, since we’re published in a hymnal and all.

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Big news – I’ve accepted a position with the Crossing, an extremely cool community in Boston.  This means I’m splitting my time between Boston and New York, but if you’re in either city feel free to stop by.

Dr. Alan Cooper introduces the entire book of psalms.  Then he concludes the entire book of psalms.  No really.  Dr. Cooper is the Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Professor of Bible at Union Theological Seminary.

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Samir Selmanovic, Founder and Christian co-leader of Faith House Manhattan, an interfaith community in New York City, ends the whole debate on faith vs works.  Samir is the author of It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian.

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Amichai Lau-Lavie, Jewish guru and executive director of Storahtelling: Jewish Ritual Theater Revived, discusses the oldest name for God, the building of the temple, and the divine feminine.

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Nadia Bolz-Weber, the Sarcastic Lutheran, discusses Psalm 45, the nerdiest love song in the Bible. Nadia is the pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver and the author of Salvation on the Small Screen: 24 Hours of Christian Television.

Also, for those who didn’t know, all the sheet music from the book and podcast is available for free download at Church Publishing.

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Jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer Deanna Witkowski talks about Psalm 84, journeys, and pious bee hives. This podcast includes her song, “Let My Prayer Rise,” from her new album, “From This Place.”

Also, for those who didn’t know, all the sheet music from the book and podcast is available for free download at Church Publishing.

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Singer, songwriter, and percussionist Lacey Brown discusses music, the mystery of worship, and ancient Israelite education. Also featuring music from the Church of the Apostles.

Also, for those who didn’t know, all the sheet music from the book and podcast is available for free download at Church Publishing.

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