by Wade Berry | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
For decades, I have warned people about the dangers of interpreting Scripture through the lens of our experience. Though experience is a powerful teacher, it is not always a reliable one. It is far better, I have argued, to read our experience through the lens of...
by Wade Berry | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
Let’s bring our music discussion to a close by returning to where we (almost) began. As I mentioned several weeks ago, my wife and I have become enamored with City Alight, a worship group out of Sydney, Australia. The first time I heard them perform “The Night Song,”...
by Wade Berry | Aug 22, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
For some time now, I have been concerned about the number of worship songs which focus on victorious living. Some of these songs promise divine help with negative thought patterns (like shame or fear). Others promise divine deliverance from more tangible opponents...
by Wade Berry | Aug 3, 2022 | Faith & Heritage
I don’t remember anything about the first time I really listened to Zach Williams’ Grammy Award-winning song “There Was Jesus.” What I do remember is the way my soul was stirred by Dolly Parton’s guest vocals—and the way my heart broke open as I reflected upon the...
by Wade Berry | Jul 9, 2022 | Faith & Heritage
I was born in 1976, but I was really a child of the “Reagan Revolution.” It is easy for people to forget how dismal the 1960s and 1970s were. An unpopular war, economic worries, and titanic cultural shifts produced a social landscape which looked more like a moon...
