Monthly Archives: October 2026

Getting back to the New Living Parish Hymn Book, we have this sung prayer. I’m thinking of uses in Lent or at a funeral. It was originally written by Synesius of Cyrene (375-430) the Bishop of Ptolemais and was translated … Continue reading →

This song from GIA Unbound is not just for weddings. Adam M.L. Tice has been inspired by the love chapter in 1 Cor 13 but takes it beyond the cliches into something remarkable. The tune by Eddie Cavazos is a … Continue reading →

This is another great text in GIA Unbound. Written by David Bjorlin, it is an antidote to fear that excludes and divides. The tune was written by Eddie Cavazos. Find it at GIA and read the words in their preview. … Continue reading →

This is a delightful song for Christmas and beyond written by Chris Shelton and set to OLD CORNISH CAROL (aka MY DANCING DAY). It is found in GIA Unbound. Read the great lyrics in the preview at GIA and you … Continue reading →

This is a Christmas song for those whose Christmas is in winter. It’s not as recent as some of the others in Unbound, but they were putting up a lot of Christmas songs to give us material for the season … Continue reading →

In GIA Unbound this is a very new version of an very old text to a very old tune. Alan J. Hommerding has created his take on the “The Prayer of St Francis” for the eight hundredth jubilee of the … Continue reading →

In my random look at songs from GIA Unbound I found this recent Carol Meier song for the Season of Creation set to her arrangement of the traditional tune WAYFARING STRANGER. It works rather well. The sheet music can be … Continue reading →

I have noticed that GIA keep recycling the songs that it displays in the “Unbound” section, so by the time I blog these songs they are no longer highlighted there. They are still recent songs available at GIA in any … Continue reading →

This is another selection from GIA Unbound and is ideal for the season of creation. The text by David Bjorlin is set by William Beckstrand (FOREST FEN). It can also be sung to KINGSFOLD. The words are in the preview … Continue reading →

This is from GIA Unbound and it is Mary’s imagining of the world from the perspective of her baby Jesus. The words by Carol Meier are set to the traditional English tune FOREST GREEN. As always, GIA provide the text … Continue reading →