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Looking further at Fiona Dyball’s presentation of road tested repetoire of music for prayer and devotion there is: Fill Us Up by Fr Rob Galea Dyball notes this to be a prayer about God’s love, which is fair enough. The … Continue reading →

Last November I latched onto Fiona Dyball’s presentation at the APMN conference, “Singing the Sacraments”, and expanded it into some posts here. I found another of her presentations looking at “road tested repetoire”, this time for prayer services at secondary … Continue reading →

I’ll finish this run of Lenny Smith songs with this one, that would work for a Sprinkling Rite or Baptism. This is is an easy flowing(!) song in a country style. The text is simple and direct like many of … Continue reading →

This Lenny Smith song goes all the way back to 1976. It is based on Colossians 1:25-27. The verse in in D, but the refrain goes to Am, which is quite the modulation. The sheet music can be purchased here. … Continue reading →

I’ll do a few more Lenny Smith songs before venturing elsewhere. This is a fine adaptation of Psalm 42:5-11 and a sung prayer for times of distress. The sheet music can be purchased here. 1 Hope thou in God, O … Continue reading →

This is a sweet song of praise from Lenny Smith, firmly located in its American setting – birds flying south etc – you get used to things being the wrong way round in songs when you live in the southern … Continue reading →

This is another song of praise from Lenny Smith. He wrote the text, which is set by Ron Harris. The sheet music has both a choral arrangement in E and a hymn version in D. In the clip Lenny is … Continue reading →

This is a praise and worship song from Lenny Smith and Ralph Palladino. It is interesting in that the verses are in Eb but they modulate to C in the chorus. The sheet music is available from various sites in … Continue reading →

This is an interesting song from Lenny Smith set in future past tense if you like. The text has us looking back at life from the perspective of new life in heaven. I’ve always thought the symbolism of baptism was … Continue reading →

Leonard E (“Lenny”) Smith has been in touch over the years and has kindly sent me some of his sheet music. He has led a long and fascinating life (at least according Wikipedia!) and has written a bona fide hit … Continue reading →