{"id":1331,"date":"2009-08-27T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T18:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2009-08-27T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T18:16:08","slug":"singing-and-praying-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2009\/08\/singing-and-praying-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing and Praying Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful reminder that the words we sing matter. As worship leaders we can either promote justice and a multidimensional view of God or myopic materialism &#8211; or often something somewhere in between. So much of it is in the words we sing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfaith.com\/2009\/08\/singing-and-praying-justice.html\">http:\/\/www.urbanfaith.com\/2009\/08\/singing-and-praying-justice.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Millie Lundgren for the link.<\/p>\n<p>Rooting for you,<\/p>\n<p>Andrew<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=1331&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful reminder that the words we sing matter. As worship leaders we can either promote justice and a multidimensional view of God or myopic materialism &#8211; or often something somewhere in between. So much of it is in the words we sing. http:\/\/www.urbanfaith.com\/2009\/08\/singing-and-praying-justice.html Thanks to Millie Lundgren for the link. 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