Here are ten church songs and the percentage increase of their usage by reporting churches during March and April 2020, the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdowns. It Is Well with My Soul 68% Great Is Thy Faithfulness 64% No Longer Slaves 23% Raise a Hallelujah 15% See A Victory 30% The Solid Rock 49% …
How The Green Blade Riseth is a bit late as an Easter hymn, but it’s too good to leave for another ten or eleven months. For a lot of reasons tonight, both personal and general, my heart does feel ‘wint’ry’, and the words of the final stanza are a great comfort and encouragement. When our …
Confession: when I first heard Iris Dement singing Leaning On The Everlasting Arms during the end credits of True Grit I hated it. A lot. My daughter still ribs me about it. Because I came to fall in love with Iris’ vocals of that song and all the songs on Lifeline, her Appalachian style album …
Here’s Ain’t No Grave sung by Cindy Morgan is another hymn recorded at Covenant Presbyterian Church. There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I’m gonna rise right out of the ground There ain’t no grave gonna hold my …
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