Songs for Worship and Praise<\/em>? I would greatly appreciate your input.<\/p>\nThanks, and God bless.<\/p>\n\t
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We use\u00a0Praise for the Lord<\/em> here in La Vista and we’ve been very happy with the selection of songs available. No songbook is going to be perfect. There are thousands of songs available and a songbook can only hold so many before it becomes too large.<\/p>\nI have used\u00a0Songs of Faith and Praise<\/em> when visiting other congregations. Every time I have come away distinctly not liking it. The tunes are geared toward choral groups with talented singers; they are overly complex for most people. I’ve sung in choirs and barbershop, but I find a number of the arrangements counter-intuitive. Many of its “modern” songs contain no depth of meaning. They would make better mantras than songs to edify the brethren. Despite the fact that space in songbooks is at a premium, Songs of Faith and Praise<\/em>\u00a0puts in a number of readings instead of songs. When you eliminate the junk songs and the readings, there are far fewer songs to choose from than you would expect in such a large book.<\/p>\nI can’t compare it to\u00a0Songs for Worship and Praise<\/em>\u00a0since I have yet to have seen it used in a congregation that I’ve visited.<\/p>\n\tResponse:<\/h2>\n
Thanks so much for your response. It seems your opinion is the same as mine in regards to the\u00a0Songs of Faith and Praise<\/em>\u00a0hymnal. I do not know of a congregation using the\u00a0Songs for Worship and Praise<\/em>\u00a0hymnal, but I like the arrangements of the newer songs as they are friendlier for congregational singing, and I think it would be a better fit for the congregation I attend. I appreciate your input and thoughts.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: Hello, I am writing to you because I came across a blog you had on your website concerning your review of the Songs for Worship and Praise\u00a0hymnal. \u00a0I have owned the hymnal for a\u00a0couple\u00a0of months and also own\u00a0Songs of Faith and Praise\u00a0and\u00a0Praise for the Lord. \u00a0I am trying to find a good hymnal to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[520,521],"class_list":["post-28218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-music","tag-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34759,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/review-of-songs-for-worship-and-praise\/","url_meta":{"origin":28218,"position":0},"title":"Review of Songs for Worship and Praise","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Wayne S. 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