A few weeks ago, the Philippine government announced a state of national energy emergency as global conflict in the Middle East continued to create energy uncertainty and rising fuel costs. I don’t know how this has affected you where you are, but here in the Philippines, we’ve been feeling it in very ordinary ways. In…
Category: HYMN NOTES
When we say “worship,” most of us picture the front of the church. The platform. The instruments. The people who look confident holding a mic. But the longer I’ve studied hymns—and the longer I’ve watched churches sing—the more I’m convinced the most important voice in the room is the one we tend to overlook: the…
When my mom died, I was left with the quiet work of going through her house—drawer by drawer, box by box, the physical evidence of a life lived for other people. I don’t know what I expected to keep. But I know what I grabbed quickly. Her electric sewing machine. It’s still in its box.…