Sacred Music Sunday: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Psalm 116:5 I had never heard this song until a few days ago when the choir director for the Exponent II retreat sent...
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Listen to feminist women at church! Sing one of these official LDS hymns by feminist lyricists.
Carol Lynn Pearson Carol Lynn Pearson is an advocate for LGBTQ rights (see her book Goodbye, I Love You) and feminist theology (see her book, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy) and a regular contributor...
Sacred Music Sunday: Come, We That Love the Lord
Come, We That Love the Lord is a short hymn by Isaac Watts. I rarely hear it sung in LDS services, but it’s lovely and I wish we would sing it more often. The...
Sacred Music Sunday: Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord
When I was in college, I would often take time to go into the gardens behind the chapel. There was a statue of Jesus with open arms in the center of the garden. Inscribed...
Sacred Music Sunday: (Give Me That) Old Time Religion
When I joined the church in 1994, it was in many ways a very different church than I find myself in now. We talked about how the Book of Mormon was written for our...
Sacred Music Sunday: I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly
Most of the hymns I select for this series are general Christian hymns that I love but that aren’t familiar to a wider LDS audience. However, today I’m sharing a very Mormon hymn –...
Sacred Music Sunday: Shall We Gather at the River?
One of my favorite books of scripture is the book of Revelation. People tend to look at me funny when I say that because it has kind of a reputation as being the book...
Sacred Music Sunday: I Danced in the Morning
I Danced in the Morning, also called Lord of the Dance is a hymn by Sydney Carter written in 1963. The hymn uses dance as a metaphor for the life and ministry of Jesus....
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