The Song Behind the Song Isaac Watts (1647-1748) is known as the “Father of English Hymnody” for very good reason. If he wasn’t the very first to ever write a hymn in English, he was the one who showed the rest
Tag: Worship
New Creation #2: Bless Thou Jehovah (R. A. Torrey)
Second in a series featuring songs from my CD New Creation. For more information, read this link. The Song Behind the Song R. A. Torrey was a 19th-century evangelist known for his commitment to the Word of God and the message
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New Creation #1: “Come, Christians One and All, Rejoice” (Martin Luther)
First in a series featuring songs from my CD New Creation. For more information, read this link. The Song Behind the Song The story of Martin Luther (1483–1546) is familiar to anyone who knows even the slightest bit of
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“Angels We Have Heard On High” now in print!
Is it too early to think about Christmas? Of course it isn’t. Because I just got a present that I think some of you might want to use for Christmas too: My choral arrangement of “Angels We Have Heard On
When Rest is Hard
Another in my series for Quivering Daughters ast week, Carrie got a cold. It was the kind of cold where medicine doesn’t really do much; until it gets better, you just have to wait, take some time off, and rest.
Turn Your Eyes Upon…
Another in my weekly series for Quivering Daughters funny thing happens when you spend time with someone. When I was in college, I studied music with a composer named Edwin Childs. I had several classes and weekly lessons with him,
Martha, Martha: In Which the Author Fails to Get the Point
Another in my weekly series for Quivering Daughters he joke’s on me. I was thinking and praying about my topic for this week, and one story just wouldn’t get out of my head—Mary and Martha. We all know
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John Newton: Spirituality as Composition
From a letter to Mr. B—-, 6 November 1777: MY DEAR SIR–You say you are more disposed to cry miserere than hallelujah. Why not both together? When the treble is praise, and heart humiliation for the bass, the melody is