ENDNOTES

1. Context, Nov. 15, 2002, from Philip Yancey in Christianity Today, Sept. 9, 2002.

2. Quoted by Marva J. Dawn, A Royal "Waste" of Time (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), 99.

3. See John M. Buchanan, Being Church, Becoming Community (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996), 76.

4. A Royal "Waste" of Time, 67, 68.

5. The Idea of the Holy, transl. John W. Harvey (New York: Oxford University Press, 1958), 14.

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Best, Harold M. Music Through the Eyes of Faith. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

Dawn, Marva J. Reaching Out without Dumbing Down. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1995.

Frankforter, A. Daniel. Stones for Bread. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Hommerding, Alan. A Sourcebook about Music. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1997.

Hoffman, Lawrence A. The Art of Public Prayer. Woodstock, Vt.: SkyLight Paths, 1999.

Hustad, Donald P. True Worship: Reclaiming the Wonder and Majesty. Wheaton, Ill.: Harold Shaw, 1998.

Long, Thomas G. Beyond the Worship Wars. Bethesda, Md.: The Alban Institute, 2001.

Routley, Erik. Church Music and the Christian Faith. Carol Stream, Ill.: Agape, 1978.

Turner, Steve. Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2001.

Westermeyer, Paul. The Church Musician. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1997.

Wren, Brian. Praying Twice. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000.


John M. Buchanan, a native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, received his B. A. from Franklin & Marshall College and his B. D./M. Div. from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and the Chicago Theological Seminary. Since 1985, he has served as pastor the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. Rev. Buchanan is the editor/publisher of The Christian Century magazine and writes a regular column for the publication.

He is the author of Being Church, Becoming Community, and Sermons for the City (with Elam Davies). A new book on the church is forthcoming in the Presbyterian Church's Foundations of Faith series.

John W. W. Sherer has been the Organist and Director of Music since 1996 for the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago where 2,500 people hear him each Sunday. This dynamic church has a 126-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ, seven choirs, and Tower Brass, a professional octet.

Dr. Sherer is married to The Reverend Kara Wagner Sherer, an Episcopal priest, and has two daughters. He received two bachelor degrees, in organ performance and choral music education, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He earned two masters degrees at Yale University, majoring in organ performance and art in religion, and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Juilliard.

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