Music especially good as hymns
Written as a vocal hymn with piano or organ accompaniment. Two verses of this hymn are the same as those in the anthem, “Though Death Claims Us, Death Can’t Hold Us!” I wanted to use that material again here with the Beach Spring tune, but use my own harmony. Listen Read more…
Written as a vocal hymn with piano or organ accompaniment. This hymn refers to Christ’s mission here on earth and is particularly appropriate for services in which the scriptures deal with Jesus’ baptism or refer to his comments in Nazareth which nearly got him thrown over a cliff. Listen to Read more…
Written as a vocal hymn with piano or organ accompaniment. I was led to write the hymn because of all of the racism, hatred and anti-immigrant sentiment that seized our beloved country shortly after our first African-American president was elected. Listen to a soulless, computer generated, MIDI recording of this Read more…
Written as a vocal hymn with piano or organ accompaniment. This hymn emphasizes our great Wesleyan theology which makes it clear that God is always about the business of loving and saving us. We are saved not just through Jesus’ death on the cross, but through his “taking on flesh Read more…
Written as a vocal hymn with piano or organ accompaniment. About the turn of the century my brother Steve wrote a marvelous hymn. I was so moved by it, that I added a verse, trying to tie the hymn to a scripture passage normally read in advent.It is clear to Read more…