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Article: Music and stewardship: an economy of breath.(Critical essay)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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Often the words "music" and "stewardship" are thrown together when religious communities are trying to decide whether or not to purchase a musical instrument. "To spend $500,000 on a pipe organ is simply not good stewardship," the business-minded congregant warns, hoping that others too might perceive the cost out of proportion to the actual value of music in their midst. It is possible to argue the issue on these pages, but the opportunity will be bypassed.
Linking the words could push one to another set of questions. Since many Lutherans are finding their way into two new resources for worship, the Evangelical Lutheran Worships, (1) and the Lutheran Service ...