Practice for Heaven
Music for Worship That Looks Higher
Foreword by Ron Man
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
Gabriel C. Statom was educated in music and worship at the University of Mississippi, Princeton University, Florida State University, Westminster Choir College, Northern Seminary, and The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. Dr. Statom is Director of Music at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN where he leads a vibrant multi-faceted music ministry of choirs, orchestra, and staff. He is artistic director of the Memphis Masterworks Chorale, and directs the Laudis Domini Vocal Ensemble, an auditioned choir that presents a cappella sacred music for worship and concert. He has conducted in the United States, Europe, and Argentina, including performances at Oregon Bach Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Carnegie Hall. He is married to Ginger McCollum Statom, and has four daughters: Margaret, Jennie, Sarah, and Ellen.
"Isaiah once wrote of 'the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy.' Our casual culture can make this biblical vision opaque. Statom's insightful study winsomely insists on God's glory capturing and centering our worship here and now, as it surely will in our heavenly home."
--Michael Denham, Director of Music Ministries, The National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
"Practice for Heaven is absolutely one of the very best books I have read on the crucial topic of the music of worship. Biblically rooted, exceedingly well reasoned, and cogently argued, Statom's book serves the church by focusing our discussions about the music of worship on the ultimate biblical and historical guidelines that should shape them. While grounded in historic Reformed principles, its solid scriptural perspective is such that evangelical leaders across a broad spectrum will find it eminently useful. Here is a book that should find its place in the seminary classroom, on the pastor's desk, and in the Sunday school class. I enthusiastically commend this work to my musical and pastoral colleagues."
--William Wymond, Minister of Music and Worship, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS
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