Awaken to Life
This hymn text presents the Lord as the great awakener, the One who speaks or sings over us and all of creation, giving life and strength. The suggested hymn tune is LYONS (O Worship the King).
Hymn Texts
My Shepherd Will Lead (Psalm 23)
This is a setting of Psalm 23 to the beautiful folk tune LOCH LOMOND, a traditional Scottish melody for the folk song “the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond.” While the folk song speaks of longing for a love to return […]
God’s Gonna Lead Us to Glory
This is a new text for the traditional spiritual “Wade in the Water”. This was written in light of the refugee crises of recent history, to help God’s people identify themselves as refugees and wanderers and thus hopefully sympathize with […]
Free Indeed
A hymn text for John 8:34-36 To the suggested tune MANOAH (“When All Thy Mercies”)
Hymn for Advent
This hymn text is set to the tune for “The Church’s One Foundation” (AURELIA) and is an adaptation of beautiful 17th century German hymn, intended for use during Advent.
The Scriptures Point to Christ Alone
This hymn text was written to the tune SOLID ROCK (My hope is built on nothing less) about how the Scriptures are meant to point to Christ (John 5:39).
O Lord of Love
This hymn text is based on the folk song “Shenandoah” and its connotation of being a song for sailors longing to return home to the midwest over the Missouri river. Instead of longing for home or for homelands, this hymn […]
Simple Gift
The tune for this hymn – “Sipmle Gifts” – dates back to the mid-1800s and was made popular by Aaron Copland in his masterpiece “Appalachian Spring.” While the song could not properly be called a “hymn,” (becaue of the lack […]
How Can I Keep from Singing (When I can see the glorious God)
How Can I Keep from Singing is a hymn dating to the late 19th century which did not become popular until the late 20th century when it was used as a folk song by artists such as Pete Seeger. The […]
Weep Not for Me
This hymn is a loose adaptation of an old Primitive Baptist hymn titled “We Shall Sleep But Not Forever” by J. E. Goodson. It has been updated and fit into the tune Wayfaring Stranger, a Spiritual filled with mournful, hopeful […]