Author Archives: maddg

Hailey Mason sent me a link to this Infographic she helped develop: Source: ChristianUniversitiesOnline.org/ Being a grumpy old man who first went to university in the 1970s, I am astonished at the presentations skills that BYTs* have. What an amazing … Continue reading →

This is a P&W song by Tim Hughes. It is a fine pop song and in the right context would get every singing along. The text is here. The sheet music can be purchased for download as several sites on … Continue reading →

Entrance: Emmanuel (Angrisano) SAS 2/290 Candle: All is Wonder (Watts) AOV NG 4 Psalm: To You O God I Lift Up My Soul (Hurd) AOV 2/14 Gifts: God of Day and God of Darkness (Haugen) AOV 1/56 Communion: Bread Broken Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155 … Continue reading →

This is a P&W song that is not noisy, but rather pleasant and heartfelt.  It is by Sarah Hart and Jayme Thompson. The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download. There is also a … Continue reading →

I can skip “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” because I have already blogged it here, although I notice the arrangement in Spirit & Song Vol 2 is at a more sensible 106 rather the  58 in AOV NG. … Continue reading →

I’m struggling with this song because P&W songs are prone to the risk of being emotionally manipulative, and my instinctive resistance to this song is that without amazing restraint it could easily fall into the shallow love song to God genre – … Continue reading →

This is an Advent hymn from an Australian composer George Stuart. It is set to the tune “Darwell”. You can read about the song at livingthequestions. MIDI file from Hymnary: darwell 1. We search for lasting hope To help us face … Continue reading →

This P&W song by Matt Redman is a somewhat dodgy rewrite of Psalm 84 (how does a soul faint?).  The instructions say “slowly, with awe”, which translates as quiet verses, noisy refrains and a quizzical bridge. The text is here. The … Continue reading →

This is an odd song by Jennifer Martin with a text based on repetition of words that end in “tion”. The text is here and shows a very weak first verse but  better work on the second and third. I … Continue reading →

This is another song by Sarah Hart. I’ve moved into the section of Spirit & Song Vol 2 for Praise and Worship songs. Since an awful lot of the songs for communion in this collection were really P&W songs that … Continue reading →