"Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificant and delightful presents God has given us."

Martin Luther

HYMNS ETC. - Hymn Collections

In the last twenty years, we have written over a hundred hymns together.  Some are available in our one-author/composer collections listed below. 

Come Away With Me: A Collection of Original Hymns

Abingdon Press, 1998. Sixteen new texts and tunes, with commentaries on each that encourage its devotional use. Each tune is interlined with the text, and the text is printed as poetry as well. Six of the hymns have been included in other hymnals or supplements. (See below.) All of the hymns in this collection are reproducible for congregational use under a CCLI license or OneLicense.net, or by permission of The Copyright Company. Come Away With Me was reviewed in the October 1998 issue of The Hymn and Bulletin #216 (Vol. XV.7, July 1998) of the Hymn Society in Great Britain and Ireland.
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Listen to a sample of the music: “ Come Away with Me,”; “Prayer for Pentecost,” ; and “Spirit Falling Like A Dove,” #6.

Time Now to Gather: New Hymns for the Church Family

Abingdon Press, 1998. Sixteen more new texts and tunes, with commentaries on each that encourage its devotional use. Each tune is interlined with the text, and the text is printed as poetry as well. Eight of these hymns have been included in other hymnals or supplements. (See below.) Four have been published in anthem settings. All of the hymns in this collection are reproducible for congregational use under a CCLI license or OneLicense.net or by permission of The Copyright Company.
Time Now to Gather was reviewed in the July 2000 issue of The Hymn, and in Bulletin #218 (Vol. XV.9, Jan. 1999) of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Excerpts from “ One Holy Night in Bethlehem,”; “We Sang Our Glad Hosannas,”. 
 

The Song Lingers On: New Hymns for Our Journey of Faith

Zimbel Press, 2003.
Twenty-one new texts and tunes, with commentaries for each that make the collection useful for devotional purposes.. Each tune is interlined with the text, and the text is printed as poetry as well. Worship planners will appreciate the fact that the hymns are indexed by scripture, topic, meter, first line, and tune name. One hymn from this collection has been included in a hymnal supplement.
The Song Lingers On was reviewed in the July 2004 issue of The Hymn. For ordering information contact Zimbel Press.  Click here to order from Zimbel: www.zimbel.com.

           
Called to Sing Your Praise

Hymns, Etc. LLP. (Available for Reference Only)
This is a collection of twelve Keithahn/Horman hymns, with commentaries on the texts and tunes, that have been published individually in other settings (hymnal supplements, anthem settings, church school curriculum resources.)  One text, written for an anthem commissioned by Choristers Guild after 9/11, was selected for publication in a special insert in July 2002 issue of The Hymn. Permission to reproduce these hymns for congregational use must be obtained from the respective publishers.
(Excerpts from “Circle the Table,”, and “Faith Is Believing,”.)

 

Our Hymns in Other Collections

Some of our hymns are also included in the following hymnals, supplements, and study/worship books:

God’s Mission: God’s Song, by Joyce D. Sohl. Women’s Division, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 2006.  (“Your Spirit, God, Moves Us to Pray.”) (www.gbgm-umc.org/umw/)

 

Hymns of Heritage and Hope, a hymnal. Advent Christian General Conference, 2001. (“Time Now to Gather” and “Creator God, Who Has Composed.”)  (www.adventchristian.org/)

 

Sing Justice! Do Justice! A hymnal supplement.  Alternatives for Simple Living/Selah Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.  (“Your Spirit, God, Moves Us to Pray” and “We Walk Today in Darkness.”)  Excerpt from solo version of “Your Spirit, God, Moves Us to Pray” Selah Publishing (www.selahpub.com/

 

Singing the New Testament, a hymnal supplement, 2008. Faith Alive Christian Resources/The Calvin Institute of Worship, Grand Rapids, MI. (“In Matthew’s Gospel There Are Five” and “Are You the One?”)  (www.faithaliveresources.org/ and www.calvin.edu/worship/).

 

Sing the Faith, a hymnal supplement.  Geneva Press, 2003. (“One Holy Night in Bethlehem,” “We Sang Our Glad Hosannas,” “Like Miriam Who Danced to Praise,” “When Cain Killed Abel,” “A Mother Lined A Basket,” “Come Away with Me” “Faith Is Patience in the Night,” “When We Are Called to Sing Your Praise,” and “Time Now to Gather.”

Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus: Women Hymn Writers and Their Songs, by Joyce D. Sohl. General Board of Global Ministries, GBGMusik, The United Methodist Church, 2006.  (“When Quiet Peace Is Shattered.”) (www.cokesbury.com/forms/music.aspx?strategicpartner=Presbyterian)

 

The Faith We Sing, a hymnal supplement. Abingdon Press, 2000.  (“One Holy Night in Bethlehem,” “We Sang Our Glad Hosannas,” “When Cain Killed Abel,” “A Mother Lined A Basket,” “Come Away with Me” “Faith Is Patience in the Night,” “When We Are Called to Sing Your Praise,” and “Time Now to Gather.”) (www.cokesbury.com/)

 

Upper Room Worshipbook: Music and Liturgies for Spiritual Formation. Upper Room, 2006. (“Come Away with Me.”) (www.upperroom.org/)

 

Voices Found, a hymnal supplement. Church Publishing Inc, 2003,  (“A Father Came to Jesus,” “Circle the Table,” and “A Long-Lost Lamb.” (www.churchpublishing.org/)

 

Voices United, a hymnal.  United Church Publishing House, 1996,  (“When Quiet Peace Is Shattered.”) (www.united-church.ca/sales/ucph)

Worship and Song, a hymnal supplement. Abingdon Press, 2011. (“Spirit-Child Jesus”) (www.cokesbury.com/forms/music.aspx)

 

Worship Boldly, a program/worship book for the 2005-2008 Triennium.  Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2005.  (“Circle the Table”)  (www.augsburgfortress.org/).

 

“Spirit-Child Jesus,” a hymn from our collection, COME AWAY WITH ME (Abingdon) is included in the new United Methodist hymnal supplement, WORSHIP AND SONG.

 

 

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