Author: pdorsett

Peaceful music is interesting because it is simple and beautiful. I genuinly like peaceful music because it calms me and allows me to relax in stressful situations. My favorite peaceful song artist is Sam Smith. His music is calm and genuine. I also like Ocean Eyes by Blackbear. These are more recent pop artists, but… Continue reading Peaceful Music

All of the childrens’ songs that we talked about on the zoom class related to a bible verse in some way. I thought it was interesting because the song, “This Little Light of Mine,” was used a lot throughout the class. I think that it was used because it relates to a lot of differnet… Continue reading Children’s Music Related to the Bible

I am having a hard time finding a biblical text to put with a melody and rhythm of a song. I feel like it is such a controversial topic. I feel wrong when I put biblical text to a song melody that is not a religious song. It feels wrong and like it does not… Continue reading Controversy about Biblical Music

The Messiah is Hebrew and Greek for the “anointed” or the “anointed one.” Handel does a good job of summarizing the events in Jesus’ life all the way up until his resurrection and glorification in Heaven. In detail, he writes about the birth of Jesus Christ, his sacrifice for human kind, and then his resurrection.… Continue reading The Messiah

I found it very interesting how we talked about creating music in class and it related to God creating everything. I thought it was interesting when we talked about the music that related to God and all of his creations. I would have never thought that the music was talking about his creations. I think… Continue reading Creation and Entertainment

While reading chapter 3, there were some things that stood out to me. I thought it was interesting to learn about Christianity stemming from Judaism. I am a Christian and I always find it fun and interesting to learn about the history of Christianity and also other religions. Learning about the different religions and how… Continue reading Chanting in The Church

While reading through Chapter 2, and discussing it in class, there were a few things that caught my attention. One of them being, the way that people illustrated the Bible through different symbols and writing. I thought that it was interesting to see how the symbols and writing changed from century to century. This goes… Continue reading The Impact of Chanting

The previous class made me realize that the Bible has been interpreted many times in many different ways. I think it is interesting to see how the Bible shows up in a lot of songs and other things. I am looking forward to this class because I think it is going to be interesting to… Continue reading History of the Bible and Music