Music and the Church with Sarah Bereza

Music and the Church with Sarah Bereza


Latest Episodes

Composer Jessica French
July 14, 2020

On today's episode, Jessica French shares her compositions, how her compositional process is influenced by synesthesia, as well as her work as a soprano and music educator. Find out more about Jessica French and explore her choral compositions h...

How I'm Planning for the Fall
July 02, 2020

You know the old joke: if you want to make God laugh, tell God your plans. Be that as it may, here's how I'm planning for the fall. Not the usual hymns + anthems + a few handbell pieces, but plans nonetheless. Yes, the plans will change,

Music Ministry with Brian Hehn, on Music and the Church with Sarah Bereza Ep. 50
May 26, 2020

What does music ministry look like - sound like - right now? Whatever your answer, it's certainly different from what it would have been earlier this year. On this episode, Brian Hehn and I discuss leaning into our identities as music ministers,

Taking Church Music Online, on Music and the Church with Sarah Bereza Ep. 49
April 14, 2020

We're putting church music online - whether we want to or not. Fortunately, we're finding lots of grace and permission to fail as we figure out what on earth we're doing! Craig Harmann and I talk about our mindsets as we live in this new season of life...

Bringing People Together with Sacred Music – An Interview with Deus Ex Musica’s Founder Delvyn Case, on Music and the Church Ep. 48
March 10, 2020

Delvyn Case is bringing people together by creating conversations around sacred music. And he's creating these conversations not just with other musicians, but with folks who haven't trained to talk about music by coupling live musical performances wit...

Choral Music by Women Composers with Sarah MacDonald and David Schaap
February 24, 2020

A fantastic new choral series from Selah Publishing

Our Top Five Hymnals
January 13, 2020

What are your favorite hymnals? Crawford Wiley and I talk about our top five favorites. Since none are hymnals that our congregations sing from, we use them in our service planning and sometimes devotionally. Enjoying this podcast episode?

Singing, Hospitality and the Sacred Stranger, with Helen Phelan
December 10, 2019

How can singing foster our relationships with strangers? And how can singing not just foster relationships, but be a powerful means of hospitality? Dr. Helen Phelan draws on her ethnographic work with a Congolese-Irish choir to show the "sonic hospital...

The Language of God with Jean Kidula
November 11, 2019

What language - or languages - does God speak? And what does that mean for congregational music?

Strengthening Congregational Song with John Witvliet
October 22, 2019

Making change, validating ministries, and teachable leadership