Collecting My Thoughts

Good Friday morning I only read the hymn in my devotional magazine (Magnificat, v. 24, no.2) for Holy Week, for Good Friday. It was "We...

James Russell Lowell was a 19th century American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat, not a hymn writer, but I know this poem is fo...

Although this is a challenge for Catholic schools and churches, it applies to all worship leaders and educators: poetry and music. Even when...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O9kw3cILpg We recently sang this in church—but to a more familiar tune by C.G. Glaser (1828).  Since Char...

  We attend the traditional service at our Lutheran church (NALC) in Upper Arlington, Ohio.  There are two other types of services—one I c...

Need hymns for Memorial Day? This time of year, it's my most popular blog post. They are from a 1964 Methodist hymnal that I found at a ...

For my exercise on the stationary bike this morning I Googled "YouTube choral hymns" and found this nice selection. It's not t...

3351 Monday Memories--Grandmother's Hymnal One of the books I inherited that means a lot to me is my maternal grandmother's hymnal...