Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join host Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Learn more about Praise Hands at PraiseHands.com.
The State of Church, Race, Music & Economics w/ Robby Valderrama
“I have always believed that the music of the church has the power to shape the message of the church.” Robby Valderrama
Church attendance is down. Awareness of racial inequality is up. Many families are struggling to make ends meet, all while the music of the church is slowly but surely learning to embrace diverse voices. Three years after the start of the Praise Hands Podcast, hear our host Robby Valderrama share brand-new data along with his one-of-a-kind insight on where the American church is, and where it might be headed.
On this episode, hear Robby discuss:
How economic policies are affecting the local church, and what to do about it
Exclusive data and inside analysis on today’s worship music industry
The future of the Praise Hands Podcast
Each episode on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Support the show at http://praisehands.com/donate.
28 Oct 2021
Bridging The Academic, Musical, and Pastoral w/ Glenn Packiam
“People sometimes have strong criticisms of contemporary worship without actually knowing it.” - Glenn Packiam
Glenn Packiam is a songwriter, a theologian, and an Anglican priest pastoring at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. His recent books Worship And The World To Come and The Resilient Pastor are helpful and hopeful guides for Christian leaders who are navigating leadership in our current global health crisis.
In this episode of the Praise Hands Podcast, hear Glenn talk through:
His experience as a Malaysian-American in the worship music industry
Three Congregational Worship paradigms that shape Sunday mornings
Key takeaways from his research on congregational worship
Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Support the show at http://praisehands.com/donate.
29 Apr 2021
Reparations: A Christian Call For Repentance And Repair w/ Duke Kwon & Gregory Thompson
“We are not establishing some new morality that is an over-realized understanding of heaven on earth. Reparations are love of neighbor.” - Duke Kwon
Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair is a brand new book from Pastor Duke Kwon and cultural educator Gregory Thompson that’s sending shockwaves through the American church. On this timely and hotly debated topic of reparations to the African American community, Kwon and Thompson use theology and history to argue that the church has a unique moral responsibility to repair our nation’s original sin.
In this episode of the Praise Hands Podcast, hear Duke and Gregory talk through:
Frameworks for understanding racism, white supremacy, and reparations
The church’s crucial role in developing America’s racial caste system
How Christian creatives can use their repentant imaginations to create change
Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Support the show at http://praisehands.com/donate.
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Building A Community of Multicultural Worship w/ Josh Davis and Jaewoo Kim
Published 18 Mar 2021 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because if water you swim in, air you breathe. You don't think about those things. But as a new arrival, newly arrived immigrant to this country, everything was foreign. Everything was new. And I would be in culture shock, making all kinds of mistakes. I cannot have basic communication with people. […]
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