Listen to Michael Hawn’s presentation on Creation and Song from the seminar, “You Are What You Sing: Faith Formation Through Congregational Song” held June 16-17, 2014 at IWS.
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Session 8: Creation and Song (68:40)
Overview: This session explores the theme of Creation throughout 800 years of congregational song. While God may not change, our understanding of God changes according to our understanding of how God works in our lives. Using the theology of Creation as an example, this session traces the evolution of this important theme from St. Francis of Assisi and Isaac Watts through Chris Tomlin and Shirley Murray, and demonstrates how to use the breadth of the streams to broaden the sung faith of the church.
Michael Hawn reflects on the June 2014 worship seminar experience:
The seminar I led in June 2014 on congregational song at IWS was a pure delight. One rarely encounters a group that is so open to learn and thirsty for any information that one can offer. The discourse of the seminar discussion was on a high level offering the opportunity to learn from each other as well as from the professor–just as it should be. I am rarely given this much time to share these ideas and process them in such depth. Thanks for this opportunity IWS alums and friends.