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About Warren Anderson

Emmaus Road Worshipers is written by Dr. Warren Anderson, Director of the Demoss Center for Worship in the Performing Arts at Judson University (Elgin, Ill.), where he also directs the Judson University Choir. A Judson alumnus, he has served his alma mater in a number of capacities over the past 30+ years, especially the chapel ministry, which he led for 22 years. From 1982-2016, Dr. Anderson served six different churches--American Baptist (X2), Converge, Evangelical Free Church of America, Roman Catholic, and United Methodist--as a "weekend warrior" worship musician/pastor. He is a former member of the editorial board of Worship Leader magazine. The views expressed in this blog are not necessarily the views of Judson University.

Episode 6 of Man and His Music

For episode 6 of Man and His Music, “Vocal Styles,” Dad and his producers came up with the idea of casting the content in terms of a talk show, the likes of which were as popular then as they are now, … Continue reading

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Episode 5 of Man and His Music

Episode 5 of Man and His Music, “Instrumental Forms,” covers material for which creative pedagogy is hard to come by.  When you’re considering the structure of your basic piece of string quartet music, it is what it is what it is.  … Continue reading

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! I plan to return next week to cover episode 5 of Man and His Music, “Instrumental Forms.”

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Episode 4 of Man and His Music

Let me at the onset state what becomes obvious very quickly early in the viewing of espisode 4 of Man and His Music, the public television show my father recorded as part of some of the first distance-learning efforts undertaken at … Continue reading

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Episode 3 of Man and His Music

Thanks for joining me on a trip down what Robin Williams always referred to as Amnesia Lane via the half-hour episodes of my father’s distance-learning TV shows Man and His Music and Pop Music, U.S.A., the former of which aired 50 … Continue reading

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One-Week Vacation Hold

Lea and I are traveling this week, and so I will plan to post the third episode of Dr. Simon Anderson’s Man and His Music TV program, “Musical Designs in Western Culture,” next week at this time.  Have a blessed week!

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Episode 2 of Man and His Music

Last week I returned to the blogosphere by linking to the first of 10 half-hour episodes of my father’s TV show, Man and His Music, which debuted 50 years ago on Cincinnati’s PBS affiliate, WCET, TV-48. This week, in the … Continue reading

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Back to Blogging and the 50th Anniversary of My Father’s TV Show

The time stamp indicates it’s been two years since I last conveyed thoughts via this blog, and life circumstances seem to suggest it would be OK to try to resume the activity. Thanks in advance for your consideration. I’m motivated … Continue reading

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When You Can’t Sing in Corporate Worship

“There’s no time like the present for worship leaders to put even more thought into the important ministry of putting songs on the lips of God’s people.” Continue reading

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Let the Pandemic-Concessions-for-Corporate-Worship Redemption Begin!

“We need not be thankful for the coronavirus, of course, but seeking how we might adjust our worship practices in the months ahead in light of what we’ve learned during the pandemic might be a way of being thankful in all circumstances (1 Thes. 5:18), which would be very redemptive, indeed.” Continue reading

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