Sacred Music Sunday: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
One of my favorite hymn composers is Ralph Vaughn Williams. Every tune he pens brings to my mind the majesty of God. Near the top of the list is the hymn tune Kingsfold, which...
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Sacred Music Sunday: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
My favorite hymn of all time is Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. It was written by Charles Wesley, and it is set to a handful of different tunes. One of the most common tunes...
Sacred Music Sunday: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
One of my favorite Christmas songs is Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming. It’s usually sung a capella, and it’s a simple yet beautiful tune. It’s based out of Messianic text in Isaiah and...
Sacred Music Sunday: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Starting next Sunday, much of the Christian world will be celebrating Advent – a season of both preparing for Christmas by meditating on the birth of Jesus and looking forward to His return in...
Sacred Music Sunday: God of the Women
Earlier this summer, I attended a small local feminist Catholic mass and one of the hymns we sang was Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s God of the Women. It was extremely touching to sing this with...
Sacred Music: Remember
Ever since reading how Carol Lynn Pearson will sing many hymns using feminine pronouns, I have tried to more consciously practice this myself. I still feel uncomfortable or just completely forget when I’m at...
Sacred Music: A Tiny, Lovely Hymn We Never Sing
I had never heard this hymn until my last two months as a missionary in Brazil. Os Teus Filhos Pai Celeste. Or: Children of Our Heavenly Father. My final companion chose it out of...
Sacred Music Sunday: How Can I Keep from Singing?
I love the hymn “How Can I Keep from Singing,” written by the 19th century Baptist minister and composer Robert Lowry. Dr. Lowry also wrote “I Need Thee Every Hour” and “Shall We Gather...
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