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This is the first edition of a book featuring content I've been workshopping, preaching, writing, or otherwise presenting in various forms since as early as 2010. It is a first edition, because it has been long over due and I needed to get this out for a recent project. Additional related resources and editions to come!
Worship Matters Podcast Episode 93 - Soul Work. I was interviewed to talk about my work as Director of Spirituality and Arts at Scarritt Bennett Center.
Week-long set of devotionals in the 2021 edition of the annual publication. The full devotional content requires log-in/subscription access, but can also be seen in the print edition of the 2021 Upper Room Book of Disciplines.
Of the collection, I wrote the selections: "This is Sabbath" a gathering mediation, "Our Time Under God" a prayer, and "There Is Work To Be Done" a sending forth.
For this article I contributed two prayers. The first is titled "Prayer on Purpose." The second is "God, Our Hope In Tough Times." Click below then scroll to find these two in the collection.
Of the collection, I wrote the selections for Christmas Day including: "Beautiful" a responsive reading, "Prayer of Thanksgiving," and "We Are More That What Is In Front Of Us" a sermonic sending forth for a dying church.
As part of a series of worship resources, I wrote preaching notes for Transfiguration Sunday of 2019 by the title of "The Astounded Crowd."
Music by Linda on ReverbNation
Check out some of my original songs.
Interview: Reflect, Reclaim, Rejoice
I was invited to contribute my perspectives on music in light of the Black Church tradition for a documentary video about "The story of the history of Black Sacred Music and how it's being kept alive" which aired on PBS in 2015.
Narrator: Suffrage Cantata
I was invited to be a narrator for the 2024 performance of the Suffrage Cantata by Andrea Ramsey as presented by Vox Grata Women's Choir, Nashville, Tennessee.
Ensemble: Balm in Gilead (Soprano)
I participating in this hymn sing at The Hymn Society event in Toronto, Canada in 2017. Of the selections, I participated leading two including this ensemble singing "Balm in Gilead."
Soloist: Hard Trials
I offered the solo for the selection "Hard Trials" during one of the 2017 hymn sing events of The Hymn Society. This song has roots in negro spirituals and Methodism.
Original: O Antiphon - O Emmanuel
I used my phone to record myself singing different parts on the spot with an acapella recording app that overlaps videos. While I was walking into the office, I sang parts from one of the Advent songs I wrote using the words of the O Antiphon - O Emmanuel. Check out the video below to see the end result and enjoy!
You can hear all of my original antiphon recordings in the ReverbNation Embed above.
Original: "I Am Woven" & Juneteenth Liturgy
I had the privilege of writing and leading the Juneteenth worship for the 2024 Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of The United Methodist Church. You can hear me playing and singing an original song at the start of the service call "I Am Woven." Later I lead congregational singing of "I See The Love of God In You." The 30-minute worship experience also features a 14-minute theatrical performance written and performed by the talented teams from theater companies Dream 7 and GuBassavi Productions.
Singing With My Children
While my girls are much older now, it has always been a joy to sing with and lead others in music from small ones to adult choirs and ensembles. In this video, I was enjoying a moment in the car with my kids as I came up with a kid-friendly arrangement of one of my original songs, that I consider my funeral song.
Led Congregational Singing: "I Will Trust in the Lord" at Annual Conference
This is one of several congregational singing moments that I lead during the 2023 Annual Conference meeting of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of The United Methodist Church, I was invited to lead singing at the start of business sessions as well as during some of the waiting times during voting .