Tag Archives: hymns

Hymns from the Gathering Church

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

The Gathering Church, nestled in the neo-urban renaissance happening in Durham, NC has just released a wonderful collection of songs from the hymnal americana.  From the laconic rural landscape of Iowa’s “The Church in the Wildwood” to the gospel singing … Continue reading →

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Observations on the New Hymns Movement, part 3

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

This is part three of a series of posts looking at the resurgence of hymns in the past 10 years through the “re:tuned” movement that has coalesced around Indelible Grace, Red Mountain Music, BiFrost Music, Sojourn Music, and many more.  … Continue reading →

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Song and Theology Wk 5 Hymns on Paradise

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

In week five we delved into the deep history of hymnody to examine the texts of Ephrem the Syrian. Ephrem was born around the year 306 in the city of Nisibis (the modern Turkish town of Nusaybin, on the border with … Continue reading →

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Searching for Hymn Texts

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

Here are a number of great resources for searching for anything related to Hymn Texts – words, tunes, meters, etc. — Advent and Christmas: Cyberhymnal – Advent | Christmas Hymnary – Advent | Christmas Oremus Hymnal – Advent | Christmas … Continue reading →

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Kevin Twit – talking hymns and songwriting

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

Kevin Twit, founder of Indelible Grace, has been a friend and mentor to many of us fumbling around in the great treasure of church hymnody. He was recently at Sojourn Church talking about hymns and songwriting. This is a fantastic … Continue reading →

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Review – Zac Hicks and “The Glad Sound”

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

For anyone who ever thought that uplifting worship music in a pop/rock vein wasn’t a perfect companion for rich hymnody well…you’ve just never stumbled across the debut CD from Zac Hicks and Cherry Creek Presbyterian “The Glad Sound”. This was … Continue reading →

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Hymns and History from CCEL

Posted on April 21, 2010 by

Somehow I’ve never stumbled upon this page before, but the CCEL (Christian Classics Ethereal Library) website has an awesome page of links to hymns and hymnology resources.  A few of the many highlights below. – Dictionary of Hymnology: (John Julian) … Continue reading →

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How Vast the Benefits Divine

Posted on April 15, 2010 by

This other famous hymn by Calvinist Augustus Toplady was first published in The Gospel magazine in Dec 1774.  I first heard this rehymned version by Holly Dutton in 2000 when I was interning at Green Lake Presbyterian Church in Seattle, … Continue reading →

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Easter Hymn – Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

Nathan Partain rehymned this text by Henry Lyte a number of years ago.  We recorded it on our ‘Mid All the Traffic‘ CD.  We also rewrote the refrain to use at Easter.  Best part of this recording is Wolfy Johnson … Continue reading →

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HW Songs #6 Ah Holy Jesus

Posted on April 3, 2010 by

The last song in our series of  music for Holy Week is “Ah, Holy Jesus…” written by Johann Heermann, a 16th cent. German Pastor.  For ancient hymn texts it is a startling personalization of sin and Christ’s work on our … Continue reading →

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