There exists a general opinion that organ beginners should have basic keyboard skills before organ tuition may commence. This viewpoint is explicitly confirmed by various organ pedagogues and beginners’ methods. For ...

The Biblical book of Job has long been recognised as one of the great works of world literature, even independently of its specific significance within the Judeo-Christian tradition. It deals with the question of theodicy: ...

The human history is littered with decisions that have a positive outcome, but reality leaves us with decisions that affect earth negatively. Over time, elaborate theories were constructed on decision making by exploring ...

The concept of persuasion is rarely associated with contemporary Christian worship music. In this article, however, established persuasion models by Brown (2006), as well as Jowett and O’Donnell (2012), are employed to ...

The 200th centenary of the popular Christmas carol, Silent Night, is celebrated this year. It was first performed in a small town in Austria, on Christmas Eve in 1818. Sung originally in German, it is now sung in many ...

The popular South African and Afrikaans Christmas carol, Somerkersfees (Summer Christmas), also known as Welkom, o stille nag van vrede (Welcome, oh quiet night of peace) by Koos du Plessis, exists in two noteworthy ...

As a musician and a church musician, 2018 was very special to me. Not only did we celebrate the centenary of the death of two French composers, Claude Debussy and Lili Boulanger (and the first female winner of the Prix ...