Monthly Archives: August 2026

This is the title track from Trisha Watts 1989 collection, Dare to Dance. It’s another clear case of a call to live in God’s reign without explicitly mentioning Christ. It is credited to Trisha Watts and Monica O’Brien and the … Continue reading →

This is another Trisha Watts song originally from the Dare to Dance collection from 1989. I found it in the online archives of Willow Publications. You can purchase the sheet music there. It is credited to Trisha Watts and Monica … Continue reading →

This is another Trisha Watts from the Willow archives. It goes back to 1981 and has lyrics by Monica McInerney (before she was O’Brien) and Trisha Watts with music by Trisha Watts. The lyrics are somehow completely Christian without mentioning … Continue reading →

Having got to the hundredth hymn in the New Living Parish Hymn Book it suggests an interlude of other material. Trolling the preview pages at Willow, I found some Trisha Watts songs that I hadn’t yet heard of. I love … Continue reading →

John Burland has written a Communion song for Sydney’s Eucharist 28. It was co-written by Stephen Leiweke. John has kindly provided the sheet music for free – I used a link at the APMN Facebook site. The range is singable … Continue reading →

I’m surprised by how many of these songs from the New Living Parish Hymn Book are new to me after all the collections I have looked at. This interesting hymn is of rather convoluted origin and often used at Christmas. … Continue reading →

This is the Pentecost sequence attributed to Pope Innocent III (circa C13), or maybe the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, Stephen Langton. They had their moments. It has also been claimed by Robert II of France and others. It … Continue reading →

This is a hymn I’d never come across that is unusually direct in its exploration of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Church. The text is by Timothy Rees and it is set here to ABBOT’S LEIGH by … Continue reading →

I covered this text in CWB II set to LAUS DEO, and while many other settings have been used for William Brian Foley‘s words, the ever reliable HYFRYDOL by Rowland Pritchard was a good choice here in the New Living … Continue reading →

I did blog this one years ago and commented that I sang it at my Presbyterian church as a child, so it obviously has broad appeal. I’m not sure why the saints are “casting down their golden crowns around the … Continue reading →