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New Years Hymn – Charles Wesley
Collection of Hymns for the New Year – Charles Wesley (use tune for “O Worship the King“) All praise to the Lord whose trumpet we hear, Which speaks in his word the festival year: The loud proclamation of freedom from … Continue reading
Go! Tell it on the Mountain and Everywhere!
{From The Hymnary} Refrain: Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. 1 While shepherds kept their watching o’er silent flocks by night, behold, throughout the … Continue reading
Singing Christmas Songs after Christmas
A number of years ago I realized that it would be really helpful to the church to sing a few Christmas songs after Christmas. Our people needed to experience, sing, rest and reflect on the reality of Christ’s birth beyond … Continue reading
Top Ten Congregational Songs from 2011
Each year after Christmas I spend some time reflecting on the singing at my church (Christ the King) during the previous year. Mostly this turns into a journaling session where I thank God for the joy of serving the church … Continue reading
Upon a Hill in Bethlehem (Glory!)
Here is a new song I finished up for our Lessons and Carols service that I originally started in my songwriting class at Duke. You can read more about the songs origin here. The song is based in the familiar … Continue reading
CTK Lessons and Carols 2011
Last night Christ the King celebrated our annual Lessons and Carols Service at the lovely Burning Coal Theatre space in downtown Raleigh. Thanks to everyone who made the service such a special night of gospel-ing the Incarnation! PDF of the … Continue reading
Judea by William Billings
Judea is a much loved shape-note composition by William Billings, widely regarded as the father of American choral music. He was an untrained musician by today’s standards who dedicated his life to writing hymns and teaching ‘singing-schools’ in the rural … Continue reading
O Come Emmanuel Advent Devotional
The familiar advent carol “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” has been sung during advent for over a thousand years (and is still an incredible favorite!). Initially it was sung one verse at a time during evening worship the week before … Continue reading
Posted in Church Year, Music
Tagged advent, Bifrost Arts, Castle Island Hymns, Christmas, Emmanuel, High Street Hymns, O Antichons, Red Mountain Music, Sufjan Stevens
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I Wonder as I Wander – an appalachian carol
I Wonder as I Wander is a fascinating, and relative new comer to the advent and Christmas season song reportoire. Yet it has also been extremely popular across musical genre’s being recorded by everyone from Joan Baez to Julie Andrews … Continue reading
Songwriting and Theology – The Incarnation
Why is it that we love the songs of Christmas so much? No matter what your style of worship is I bet you’ll find yourself singing the choice Christmas carols like O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Come, Thou Long … Continue reading
Posted in Songwriting
Tagged carols, Christmas, incarnation, Lester Ruth, Prudentius
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