[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] In our January 2016 column we “lamented” that we don’t seem to sing the “Lament Psalms”. Psalms that mourn our sins, express our depression, admit our […]
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Gateway News celebrates 5th birthday
This week Gateway News celebrated a significant milestone — our fifth birthday. We give thanks to God for inspiring the Christian news journey that we launched in February 2011 and for continuing to inspire us to pursue the vision He has placed in our hearts. We also give thanks to […]
Singing that pleases God: Psalms, even the sad ones
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] Psalm 42 begins with “As the deer pants for the waters so my soul longs after You”. This Psalm has spawned many songs, expressing our desperate thirst […]
Singing that pleases God: Psalms
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] Ask around your congregation: “Do we sing Psalms in our church?”. Most will say “No, we sing worship songs – not Psalms”. Yet, without realising it, you […]
Singing that pleases God: all genres
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] So, if our Worship Singing must not be “conformed to the pattern of this world” (Romans 12:2), what are God’s own criteria for this Renewed Pattern for […]
Renewed patterns of singing
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] Here’s a totally comprehensive command of God that touches every aspect of our lives: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be […]
Raise the bar in worship
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] High-Jump Athletes are continually pushing themselves to achieve ‘higher’ standards of excellence. They do this by raising the bar, incrementally, and willing themselves to exceed the height they reached […]
The power of a song with meaning
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] As I listened to the sermon, the application of God’s Word got under my skin. The Holy Spirit was doing His gracious, uncomfortable work of convicting me. Jonathan’s […]
Write your own Songs for Ascension and Pentecost
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] You are a Worship Leader who loves Jesus and gets absorbed in meditation on every aspect of His life among us here on earth. You are sensitive to the leading […]
Songs that reflect God’s heart for foreigners in our land
[notice]Songwriter and student of worship trends, Hugh Wetmore, says that while feeling deeply stirred by the xenophobia crisis in South Africa “I found a message rising in my spirit around some songs I’d written a while back”. He shares the message in this special edition of his monthly column[/notice] The […]