Hymns and Other Worship Materials
William (Bill) Livingstone Wallace is a retired New Zealand Methodist Minister and one of our most prolific contributors.
A Christian Hymn against Christian Nationalism
God abundant, God of wonder, God of every living thing, God of justice and of righteousness, empower us as we sing.
Justin James Sinclair is a young man on a mission. He made retreats at the St Andrew’s Abbey and New Camaldoli monasteries in California, where, to his astonishment, he discovered a strand of Christianity that no one in the evangelical churches he attended, nor at Biola University where he studied, had revealed to him before.
Music For Churches. For Conferences. For people who worship
Our team that we send out as a band can be booked as an all-inclusive worship leading package, or in partnership with some of a church’s current team members who serve the band in worship.
This presentation is a celebration of the cosmos and its processes. Why? We are living in a time not only of the meltdown of glaciers but also of ideological systems.
From their 2017 album, "All Belong Here," this song is a new kind of call to communion, a call to remember who we are, and how much we are loved, a song that sees God's table as a place where we all belong, and that this whole world is God's table, where we can eat and be filled, where we can drink in the grace.
Set in the shadows of a climate crisis and Covid-19.
In our present world today the impact and consequences of Climate Change and Covid 19 have been staggering.
National anthems are often barely singable tunes with bombastic, jingoistic words. Doesn’t that fit the “Star Spangled Banner?”
"Leaning In: A Prayer of Intention" is a sung prayer of intercession that aims to break down the distinction between the typical "us"
Covid-19 has separated us from our officially-sanctioned holy places and sacred things. The members of our church in Los Angeles yearn to get back to our beloved worship space. But we are seizing this opportunity to turn the church inside out. We are finding the sacred in the relationships we maintain with each other on computer screens, in the elements of communion we assemble from donuts and crackers and orange juice and coffee, and in the urban, indoor, and natural environments that have become our sanctuaries.
When we realized because of COVID19 we couldn’t sing together, we refused to give up the use of music in our Gatherings; it is just too important. So we turned to the only source of music we thought could offer the same experience even if it didn’t involve singing along: YouTube.
Crises drive us from our comfort to the edge of vital choice, children speak the words we’ve hidden, simple words we’ve failed to voice.
In his lifetime Jesus taught us To observe and then reflect On the laws that nature teaches If we pause and then inspect,
Senses sharpened in the silence, gently, quietly, feel your breath, know God’s love will never leave us, now, or in our time of death.
Franklyn Schaefer is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and composer. He published his first musical album in 2008 (Keep on Smiling) and has published two more albums and several single songs since.
Even during this global pandemic, a walk around the block yields moments of healing and beauty.
A hymn text specifically for congregations currently doing virtual worshipping. It is to the tune of Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Nettleton 8.7.8.7.D.)
Click below for Video of Sermon Prelude Singing Bell and Call to Worship: L: Our lives feel all disjointed as
The peace that we share when we turn and shake hands Is simply the peace that our Savior commands.
O Christ, we remember the things that you did, The lessons you taught us, the way that you lived.
by Keith Sanford
Developed by Keith Sanford, Ph.D., Forward Faith provides new music and in-depth discussion of ideas from a faith perspective based on liberal, progressive theology.
For the month of September, pay any amount to download IN TROUBLED TIMES. All profits on this site and Bandcamp will go to Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity.
Innovative songwriter and worship leader, John Lyzenga, is pleased to announce the release of IN TROUBLED TIMES, a collection of worship songs addressing issues of social justice including racism, privilege, gender, sexuality, and immigration combining the story of the Bible alongside current events.
EcoHymns in the context of EcoSongs are a way to re-value and celebrate the Earth. Their specialness is rooted in the reverence of the original composers.
Tune: Passion Chorale W.O.V. 255
Say welcome to the real world, A world where crosses grow, Nurtured by groups whose “One way” Can seem as pure as snow.
This is public theology. As precious Patrons, I’m inviting you in to my theological process. Beginning on Ash Wednesday (March 6) and concluding on Good Friday (April 19), each week I will publish a photo and brief reflection on each of Christ’s 7 Last Words on the Cross.
Trill taught himself to sing and play guitar at 19 in college. He would sit in the racquetball court, turn the lights out, and as he likes to say, Experiment with the Experience. Diving Further In to his roots, and listening through his ancestors, he has found a voice and essence that is as captivating as it is charismatic. With a side note of comedy, and an eccentric yet eclectic fashion style, Trill LeBeau (singer/songwriter) and younger brother Collin “Jaledub” (percussionist) make up Cosmic Serenity. They are also often joined sporadically and nomadically with other beautiful Creatures of Creation, while exploring the features of a full band, or with Trill as a solo artist.
Like many people, I am absolutely appalled by the ugly, hateful and destructive chaos emerging in this country. I have also wondered what I, a retired Oakland High School English teacher and Berkeley pastor, now living in a small town on the Oregon coast, could do to somehow change the dialogue and direction as to where the nation is going. I hope to do so through … Christmas carols!
Creation’s splendour calls forth praise for Nature’s wealth, for vibrant life. This planet home, a wondrous gift, is threatened now by greed and strife.
Music empowers action fo social change. Inclusive Songs for Resistance and Social Action will contribute to gender, racial, economic, environmental and other justice movements.