A day that involved two five-hour car trips last week also gave me a reason to download some new music to listen to on the way. Ordinary Time is an independent folk acoustic trio rooted in the Christian tradition. Comprised of Ben Keyes (guitar, piano, mandolin), Peter La Grand (guitar, banjo, dobro), and Jill McFadden …
I love this hymn. Adapted from a much longer work by Anne R. Cousin, the hymn is beautiful poetry that benefits from some knowledge of biblical and Christian themes, as well a bit of maturity in the experience of Christian life. There’s thankfulness for what is behind, trust for what is present and expectation for …
From Christianity Today Online comes an article about ‘The Hymns That Keep On Going’ accompanied by the chart below listing twenty-seven hymns that have remained constant inclusions in various hymnals and their subsequent editions over scores of years. Interesting to me is the absence of ‘Amazing Grace’, and, to a lesser extent ‘And Can It …
‘I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say’ was the last song sung at the final service of the Allendale East Presbyterian Church. We conducted that Service today and also marked the 145th anniversary of the church’s founding. This is the third of our parishes’ ‘country churches’ which have closed over the last five years. Time, …
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