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A Taize chant by Jacques Berthier. It is really good, even in Latin. Listen here. Live in charity and steadfast love, Live in charity; God will dwell with you. Ubi caritas et amor, Ubi caritas Deus ibi est. © Taize … Continue reading →

We have used Carey Landry’s song at some confirmations for the laying on of hands. Y0u can listen to the original here, if you can stand his vibrato. This cover’s not bad. The song sounds great when sung slowly and … Continue reading →

Using the tune of the Skye Boat song, David Haas wrote this song based on Philippians 4:1-9. I only ever had the music of the chorus and that is all we ever used. Samples and sheet music are available here. … Continue reading →

This is an emmanuelworship song we used to use a lot, but it hasn’t been sighted for a while.  It is essentially a mantra in the spirit of the Psalms. It is in the “Lifted”collection and you can hear a … Continue reading →

It must be very hard for your spiritual journey to be played out in public. This is the 1994 Hillsong version of Geoff Bullock’s song and this is a more recent version by the man himself reflecting his more considered … Continue reading →

The words are by Henry van Dyke and the tune by Beethoven. They sing it in Sister Act 2 don’t they, and this choir copies that pretty much. In fact You Tube is full of gospel choir versions if you … Continue reading →

Perhaps not the greatest song Dan Schutte’s ever written, it is designed for the Easter period up to Pentecost. You can hear a sample with its trumpet fanfare here, and You Tube seems to have the whole thing. You can … Continue reading →

I’m back to the mysterious miscellaneous file where the faded, crumpled and often hand written relics live. This is a very old Easter hymn from the fourteenth century and first noted in English translation in the eighteenth. More information and … Continue reading →

Tina also wanted this hymn, which is another one new to me.  That is not surprising as it the American national hymn written for the centennial of their declaration of independence, an event of less interest elsewhere. It was written … Continue reading →

Shirley wanted this Fr Frank Andersen song (music available at his site) and it is one of my favourites.  I like songs with lots of spaces to breath and contrast. It is based on Ps115 and 1 Cor 10:15 and … Continue reading →