Author Archives: maddg

This song by Sarah Hart and Bob Halligan Jnr is based on a hymn attributed to St Patrick.   The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download. Sarah Hart’s pretty version: The wonderful Arch … Continue reading →

I’d classify this song with a text by Victoria Thomson and music by Trevor Thomson as more P&W but in a prayer form. The verses have quite a few differences and despite the singalong chorus it is a solo vehicle. … Continue reading →

This is a lovely prayer for peace by Janet Sullivan Whitaker. I can think of lots of situations in and out of liturgies where this would be very useful. I love the realistic yet hopeful text “your day is not … Continue reading →

I’m blogging the songs in Spirit And Song Volume Two and I’ve come to the section called “Prayer and Devotion Songs”. The first one is by Tom Booth and Kathy Troccoli. It seems this genre shares the individualistic perspective of … Continue reading →

Since I’ve already blogged the next song in Spirit & Song Vol 2, “Your Grace is Enough”, this is the last P&W song from this collection. I’m OK with that “With All Your Strength” is by Chris Muglia and Jeff … Continue reading →

Entrance: Hark the Herald Angels Sing Psalm: O Blessed Are Those (Inwood) AOV 1/138 – refrain only Gifts: What Child Is This? Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Christ Be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Thanksgiving: In Love We Choose to … Continue reading →

This is a slight piece of writing from Chris Tomlin considering how much he rings out of it with repetition. I think I’ve just about blogged as much P&W as I can stand. There are only three lines really and … Continue reading →

Tom Booth based this song on Francis Thompson’s poem “The Hound of Heaven”. Now I didn’t think of a country rock song when I read the poem but Booth did and he did use some of the best lines and … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged 398 “The Heart of Worship” here, which brings me to this charming lightly country song by Angus McDonell. Since it is singable by an assembly it could be used liturgically where appropriate, although a cantor could do … Continue reading →

396 is “Shout to the Lord”, which I have already blogged here. This brings me to “Surrender All”, which is an odd one.  The introduction is by Judson W. Van Deventer and is from its time a hundred or so … Continue reading →