And what does the vamp reveal about the transformative power of Black gospel more broadly? This book explores the vamp's essential place in Black gospel song, arguing that these climactic musical cycles turn worship services into transcendent events. In the following pages, the words and music ...
After going through grief and loss while growing up (my dad, sister, grandparents, uncle, and boyfriend’s deaths, as well as my sister’s fiancé’s death; our home flooding and losing everything; an illness; a friend’s murder; two friend’s suicides; being in ICU twice; and other ...
One of the paradoxes of John's Gospel is that people see miracles with their own eyes, but don't "connect the dots." Spiritual blindness was present in Jeremiah's day as well as in our own. "To whom can I speak and give warning?
When speaking to a group of aspiring writers at a Gospel Music Association teaching conference, I shared with them, “You have a better chance of being struck by lightning than you do of becoming a successful songwriter.” Friend and follow songwriter, Grant Cunningham, was standing nearby and ...
ministering for the last three years in Missions work in Thailand. She was unanimously elected as the senior Pastor of an International church in Udonthani Thailand over two years ago. Her focus is in reaching the lost and forgotten with the gospel message of Jesus Christ to the Nations so ...
As written in the Gospel of Matthew 10:34 (Lamsa), Christ Jesus said, "Do not expect that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-...
These are just a few examples of people finding comfort in my music. I have no control over who is listening, but the Lord knows who is seeking comfort and how to help them. Since the heart of my music is the gospel message, it’s interesting to note demographic reports from Pandora,...
lord i love you i worship you you smiled when you made us gracie and too she's so lovely and sweet she's sweet as can be she loves her grandma while mama rocks her to sleep she loves grandpa's hair she loves to dance she loves her uncle she loves her gospel she loves her dog ...