Words: Jim Burklo Tune: Christ the Lord is Risen Today – Easter Hymn 7.7.7.7.
GOD & COUNTRY takes a closer look at the dangerous implications and explores how a base of Christians has radically stoked a movement erasing the line between Church and State.
Sheet Music and Audio
It is meant to be shared around the table, in the car, or wherever your journeys take you! It's a celebration of God's love for all, echoing Jesus' words during the Last Supper and affirming our role in furthering God's Kingdom work as we love and serve one another.
Cosmic Mystery Series
Tunes: ENDURING LIFE 88.66.88 and TEMPLETON 88.66.88
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Tune: RENDEZ á DIEU 98.98D Arr.Louis Burgeois 1510-1561
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Come raise your voice with me now In Eucharistic feast, Come celebrate this art form
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Come let us think like mountain rocks, Come breathe the song of scented breeze,
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Come join with me to sing the song That dwells deep in our heart, Sometimes it’s hidden or suppressed
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Come embrace the Christmas child, Child of every human birth, Birth in stable, home or ward,
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Come embrace the child of Christmas, Child of every human birth, Birth in stable, ward or dwelling,
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Claiming peace when peace is absent * Stirs the prophet’s angry call. Peace may seem as close as breathing War though seldom seems to stall.
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Can the Bible warp our minds? Yes if only read in part. Bible truth evolves and grows To religion of the heart
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Can an image relocate Or forever must it stay In the mind where it once lived
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At this time of offering We recall Christ gave his life * To show love can overcome
Join us as we celebrate the Advent season with a Christmas Concert from our choir!
O come, O come Wisdom from on high – Send your wisdom and cast aside the myopic stupidity that comes from thinking only of ourselves, only of our own species, only of our own wellbeing, only of our own country, only of our own religion, only of our own historical moment.
"Blue Christmas" services, which take place to support people struggling emotionally during the holiday season, are becoming more common. This song was written for such services. Ken Janzen sings and plays the instruments.
4 Advent Video Hymns written for the Worship Design Studio, which created its own separate videos. Recordings and videos by Ken Janzen
An old hymn of mine, recently rewritten slightly. Recorded here by the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Choir.
Suitable for progressive/inclusive/justice-focused Christian congregations. Written for The Fountains, a UMC congregation in Arizona.
Inspired by my March 2023 visit to The Fountains UMC in Arizona; written with a very simple melody and small range to maximize small congregations' ability to learn and sing the piece.
This Communion hymn, commissioned by the First Congregational Church, Branford, CT, is appropriate for progressive/inclusive Christian churches.
This progressive Christian hymn images Jesus as healer, teacher, and prophet, and invites all people (regardless of their religion) to be healers, teachers, and prophets in our time.
Written for the installation of Rev. Mallory Everhart as Co-Pastor at Vista Grande Community Church UCC; the images under the final verse are related to the congregation, inspired by Hebrews 11-12.
A COVID-19 song about our pain, resilience, and ability to care for each other in impossible times. We were called for just such a time as this.
Written for the Reconciling Ministries Network; this video centers Pride and inclusive church images.
Lead vocals by Rev. Kate Penney Howard. Other vocals, instruments, and engineering by Ken Janzen. New hymn text, set to the tune
Join Caleb and Mark for this live recording as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of what James Gun is calling the first character to solidly exist in the DCU reboot, "Blue Beetle."