Written for organ and oboe. This organ and oboe piece was written and used during a worship service at Catalina United Methodist Church. I have thought about reworking it but haven’t done so. It is a blend of the French Canadian Huron Carol, which is in a minor key, with Read more…
Written for piano. This piano medley is a more compact version of some of the other Advent or Christmas tunes. This includes brief harmonizations of the “Wexford Carol,” ”Jesous Ahatonhi,” ” Divinum Mysterium,” “In the Darkened Days of Winter,” and “How Can This Be?”
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…
Written for piano and SSAA choir. This was originally written as a hymn and is based on the many scriptures pleading withIsrael to welcome strangers, since they were once strangers. I adapted the hymn for a four-part women’s group. I was led to write the hymn because of all of Read more…
Written for piano and SSAA choir. While visiting and helping one of my sons, I heard, in the distance, some lovely music. When I later went to see where it was coming from, I discovered that the former head of the Yavapai Junior College music department, after retiring, had developed Read more…
Written for solo singer. This is something I wrote – but unlike my other music, this number is NOT for worship. Here is its origin: Of my many years in the Navy chaplaincy, none was more fulfilling or spiritual than those at CREDO – Chaplains Religion Enrichment Development Operation. While Read more…