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Carl Bear is the director of music at First United Methodist Church in South Bend, Ind., and a freelance worship consultant. He has a PhD in Liturgical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union. A native of Phoenix, Ariz., Bear’s studies and music ministry in a range of Christian traditions have taken him across the continent. He has, over the past decade, called the West Coast, East Coast, Midwest, and Ontario home.