Category Archives: Hymns
Sustain Me
David, the youngest son of Jesse was a lot of things. Shepherd boy, musician, giant killer, poet, and King. Oh, and he was also an adulterer, liar, and murderer. Still God called him “a man after my own heart.” I don’t really know … Continue reading
Come Ye Sinners
“Winners” and Losers If there is one time of year when Americans as a whole decide to make personal changes it is January. We join gyms, start diets, make budgets, and make promises. Why do we do this? I don’t … Continue reading
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Having written much on the subject of Christ’s first Advent in October and November, this month I am going to take the advice of the title of this month’s hymn and let the song speak for itself… Let All Mortal Flesh … Continue reading
O Come Emmanuel
O Come Emmanuel This month I offer a version of O Come, O Come Emmanuel that I recorded last year. The subject matter is very much the same as Come Thou Long Expected Jesus which I posted for October. Most … Continue reading
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
The Longing The Advent season doesn’t technically start until the fourth Sunday before Christmas, but I start looking toward it as early as the first of October. Halloween is meaningless to me. Thanksgiving is a great excuse to eat leftover … Continue reading
Light of Light
“In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” – John 1:1 Secularism reigns in America today. In almost every area of public life, we have … Continue reading
O Sons and Daughters Let Us Sing
“If Jesus Christ is not risen from the dead, there is not one glimmer of hope for the human race.” – Konrad Adenauer John Mason Neale was a churchman and historian living in the mid 19th century. Neale was a … Continue reading
Approach My Soul the Mercy Seat
A Hymn of Hope This month’s hymn is John Newton’s “Approach My Soul the Mercy Seat.” You may not be familiar with this particular hymn, but you will know at least one of Newton’s other works. His most famous hymn was … Continue reading
Come for the Feast is Spread
And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This … Continue reading
Nothing but the Blood
I’ve picked an unlikely hymn to start this project. On the Background page of this blog, I mentioned that I usually write music for obscure hymns that are rarely sung these days. Well, “Nothing but the Blood” certainly doesn’t fit … Continue reading
