Category: Hymns

A while ago I wrote lyrics that caught the musical interest of a couple of very talented composer friends.  Here are their two versions of music written for that text.  They are incredibly different and both very precious, beautiful, and fitting in their own right. Please let me know if you want to print or play… Continue reading Emmaus Farewell music

Hymn lyrics I wrote as a parting gift for a dear mentor and brother.  Sung to tune TOWNEND (though if anyone wants to write a tune for it...)   O God, in journeys here below you give us to each other that we may recognize your face in stranger, friend, and brother. We meet and travel… Continue reading Emmaus Farewell

For those of you who are interested, here is music for four of my hymns. If you print the music, check the copyright info for the songs. I think two of them are public domain, but the other two are definitely not. Use and share at will... just give credit where it's due and talk… Continue reading Sabbath Hymns

To the tune of “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” O God, we come to you this day / With tension, fear, and worry. / Our minds can scarcely slow their pace, / Our bodies cease their hurry. / Repent, Beloved, turn to me. / On six blessed days you labor, / But this,… Continue reading Sabbath Hymn #4

To tune of “Sing of the Lord’s Goodness” This is the beginning of all the creation. / This is the day life burst forth. / God sang into being all that is around us / In east and west, south and north. Refrain:  Sing praise to our God with wonder and rejoicing. / Sing of God's great… Continue reading Sabbath Hymn #3

To tune “Ellacombe” (“We Sing the Mighty Power of God”) On this blest day, the Queen of Days, / A palace built in time, / We come, O Holy One, to praise / And cherish things sublime. / All that we have is Yours alone. / Without You, who could stand? / So we delight… Continue reading Sabbath Hymn #2

This and the next 3 posts are hymns I wrote a couple years ago for a final project in a class on Jewish and Christian understandings of Sabbath. To the tune of “O, The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus” 1.  Sabbath sweetness fills our beings / Wrapping us in cloaks of love. / Full of… Continue reading Sabbath Hymn #1