I remember singing this ancient hymn of praise regularly in church while growing up. I knew that it was part of the traditional liturgy and old enough to have a Latin name (“Gloria in Excelsis Deo”), but I had no idea how ancient these words were. According to the article on it in Wikipedia.org, one […]
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Need of Jesus
I recently found a wonderful book called The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions. I love the prayers in it because they express passionate devotion to God, honest confessions of failure and need, and deep dependence on God’s grace. Unfortunately, even though the editor lists sources (John Bunyan, David Brainerd, Charles […]
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This hymn by Charles Wesley is one I don’t remember ever hearing until Twila Paris set it to a new tune and recorded it on her 1991 album Sanctuary. (It had been unfamiliar to her, too, according to the liner notes.) I was immediately moved to worship by the powerful images that speak of what […]
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Some friends of mine in Keynote asked me back in February if I’d play flute sometime with their worship team. Their church, Pathway Church, had only started public services in October and still had lots of needs. I thought it would be really fun to play with my friends (they are both good musicians), and […]
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Thank you for your gifts and prayers for my participation in the Campus Crusade for Christ U.S. Staff Conference! Here are a few highlights: We heard great talks from Walk Thru the Bible’s Chip Ingram, Campus Crusade President Steve Douglass, and others. The staff women were treated to a day with Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, […]
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