O Child of God
This is an adaptation of the beloved folk song “Danny Boy.” The original song is widely understood to refer to a soldier who is going off to war and certain death, and the idea has been reimagined through the lens […]
Folk Song
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 […]
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 […]