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Sep 01 2015

#101: Unity in the Church, Performance in Worship, & The City Harmonic [Podcast]

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Today’s interview is with Elias Dummer from The City Harmonic. Not only is Elias a greater singer, songwriter, and frontman for The City Harmonic, but he’s also a smart dude with a heart for God’s people.

In this interview we go deep, discussing unity in the church, whether performance in worship is really a bad thing, the new album, and a bit about their creative process.

You may want to give this a few listens, folks. A lot of subtle nuance and profound insight. Enjoy!

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In this Episode You’ll Hear More About:

  • The denominational landscape of Hamilton, ON, where The City Harmonic began.
  • How to work for unity across denominations.
  • The false dichotomy of performance in worship.
  • How liturgy contextualizes us.
  • The tension between being a rock band and a worship band.
  • What happens in our brains when we sing together corporately.
  • The heart behind The City Harmonic’s new project.
  • How the band wrote 136 songs and widdled them down to the final 11.
  • Why setting out to “win” at Christian music is a sad goal.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

  • Website: The City Harmonic
  • Song: How Can it Be
  • Ted Talk: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are by Amy Cuddy
  • Podcast: David Gungor on The Brilliance Music, Art for the Church, & Demystifying Liturgy
  • Podcast: Spirit and Sacrament: Integrating Modern Worship with Traditional Liturgy

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If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. So helpful!

If you have an idea for a podcast you would like to see, a special guest you’d like to hear from, or a question for an upcoming episode, please email me. If you enjoyed the show, I would be so appreciative if you would rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That helps me so much! Thanks.

And thanks to Elias for sharing with us!

Question: What’s your biggest takeaway from this interview with Elias? Always love to hear from you! You can leave a comment by clicking here.

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Written by David Santistevan · Categorized: Podcast

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  1. Landon H. says

    July 20, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    Absolutely loved this episode! His perspectives on unity in the church, theology in music, purpose of corporate singing, are incredibly beneficial to me. I am passing this along to my whole team because I think it articulates so well why we do what we do.

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