I was recently reminded by my web hosting service that it has been slightly over 10 years since I started this little blog. How time flies! Thank you for subscribing. Please join us on Facebook or on Twitter if you haven’t already.
I had been writing occasional newsletter articles for the churches I was serving to help my musicians and church members gain a deeper understanding of sacred music and the hymns and songs that they sang. I decided to learn how to put some of these articles online so others could benefit from them too. After studying the Bible and what Martin Luther (1483-1546) and his musical colleague Johann Walter (1496-1570) say about music, what they call “The Eternal Art,” I began referring to sacred music as The Eternal Song since it began at the creation of the world and will continue eternally. Visit Robin Leaver on “The Eternal Song” to see what he has to say about the topic. I developed a simple logo (above) and chose for my tagline “Join the Eternal Song,” a phrase that could either be an invitation or an imperative phrase and is intended to be both. Over the course of 10 years I’ve put up 100 blogs which have had over 50,000 views. Below are the top 20 blogs from the past 10 years:
- Thoughts on “Silent Night” – 1,614 views (Published December 24, 2014)
- Thoughts on “O Holy Night” – 1,520 views (Published January 2, 2015)
- A New Hymn Text – The Emmaus Road – 1,435 views (Published August 4, 2018)
- “Soli Deo Gloria” – The Fifth Sola – 1,334 views (Published October 13, 2015)
- Lamentations of Jeremiah – 1,257 views (Published April 11, 2020)
- Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (Psalm 90) – Vaughan Williams – 1,233 views (Published January 1, 2019)
- Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord (Psalm 95) – Handel – 1,195 views (Published March 18, 2017)
- Thoughts on “Maria Walks Amid the Thorn” – 1,111 views (Published January 1, 2015)
- The Song of Habakkuk – A Song for Our Time – 986 views (Published November 22, 2015)
- Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God (Psalm 51) – Handel – 892 views (Published March 1, 2017)
- Thoughts on “O Come, All Ye Faithful” – 787 views (Published December 25, 2015)
- Instruments in the Bible – Bells – 661 views (Published March 30, 2015)
- Thoughts on “My Song is Love Unknown” – 612 views (Published March 20, 2014)
- Thoughts on “The Sussex Carol” – 578 views (Published December 30, 2015)
- The Paradoxes of “This Little Babe” – 558 views (Published December 24, 2015)
- Handel’s Messiah – Biblical, Christological, and Eschatological – 518 views (Published December 12, 2015)
- Pestilence and “Now Thank We All Our God” – 514 views (Published April 4, 2020)
- Handel’s “Messiah” for Children – 505 views (Published April 4, 2021)
- Thoughts on “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” – 492 views (Published November 29, 2015)
- The Sound of Rejoicing…Could Be Heard Far Away – 472 views (Published February 14, 2015)
Page views are as follows:
- Home – 15,789 views
- Music Missionary for the Asia Region – 1,458 views
- JL Music – 741 views
- About Us – 652 views
Thank you for visiting. I pray that you have found something that has enriched your singing of The Eternal Song.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
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