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More on the Calvin Symposium

I'm excited to head up to Grand Rapids next week!  Here are a few more details on what I'll be doing. On Thursday Sandra McCraken and I will lead a retreat for hymn/text/tune/song writers/composers, moderated by Greg Scheer . I'm excited to explore our varied approaches to our crafts. (By the way, I'm pondering an upcoming post on Stephen Sondheim's Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made A Hat as instruction books for good hymn writing.) Thursday and Friday at 4:15 one of the vesper service options is The Good News for the Hurting: A Service of Scripture and Song  Michael Burkhardt , the Choral Scholars , and Zebulon Highben , featuring texts by Adam Tice   The conference program describes it this way: "Led by choir and organ, this service of scripture and song surrounds a few Isaiah texts, bringing good news for a hurting world." Beyond that, I haven't heard anything about what is planned--I can't wait to see what they've included. And yo