Songs in the Desert

Sign-ups for the Lent 2019 Songs in the Desert Project are now open. Sign up here . Songs in the Desert is a collaborative audio project about Christian hymns and our responses to them. What is your favorite hymn and why? What's a hymn that speaks to you? This project will be published as a podcast and on the web every weekday during Lent 2019. Hymns need not be Lent-specific (and Alleluias are okay!). A different contributor is sought for every day of the project. This sign-up sheet is for the day by which you commit to providing your finished reflection. This day is exactly one month before the day your reflection will air. (For example: Feb. 7 will air on Mar. 7; Mar. 1 will air on Mar. 29) Submissions may be text or audio (you can record yourself with whatever you have, even the voice memo app on your smartphone). Submissions should be no more than 600 words, or five minutes long (remember these will be sent out almost daily.) Please note that there's no need to...

Dear Songs in the Desert contributors and listeners, ADVENT - There seems to be some interest in doing a weekly series for Advent. Proposals for Advent hymn reflections are now being accepted. At least four proposals are needed. Please email dsinden@gmail.com if you are interested in submitting a reflection for Advent. LENT - Lent sign-ups will begin on All Saints Day, Thursday, November 1!

"Now let us rise and hymn the grace" (Hymn 781 in Wonder, Love, and Praise ) from Westley Hodges.

"Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle" (Hymn 165/166) from the Rev. Ian Lasch

"A stable lamp is lighted" (Hymn 104) from Suzanne Daniel

"What wondrous love is this" from Alec Peters. Hymn 489 in the Hymnal 1982; Hymn 215 in Glory to God the Presbyterian Hymnal.

"By the Creator, Joseph was appointed" (Hymns 261/262) from David Ouzts.

The carol "The Crown of Roses" from David Kurtenbach.

"Just as I am" (Hymn 693) from Scott Elsholz.

"Lord, thee I love with all my heart" (Lutheran Book of Worship 325) from Jonathan Wessler.

"I come with joy to meet my Lord" (Hymn 304) from the Rev. Loren Lasch.

"How shall I sing that majesty" from Abby Schoppe.

"A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth" (Hymn 438 in the Lutheran Service Book) from the Rev. Gary Schultz.

"I bind unto myself today" (Hymn 370) from Mary Davenport Davis.

"Of the Father's heart begotten" (Hymn 82) from Yotin Tiewtrakul.

"My song is love unknown" (Hymn 458) from Michael Kurth.

"Come, thou fount of every blessing" (Hymn 686) from Jillian Smith.

"Peace before us" (Hymn 791) from the Rev. Jennifer Deaton.

"Watchman, tell us of the night" (Hymn 640) from Meg Carter.

"King of glory, King of peace" (Hymn 382) from Michael Monnikendam.

"Love bade me welcome," the poem by George Herbert, from Jessica Nelson.

Andrew Klein on "Ar hyd y nos" (All through the night).

"When in our music God is glorified" (Hymn 420) from Max Thornton.

"Praise God from whom all blessings flow" (Hymn 380, st. 3, called "The Doxology" in many places) from Mary Larew.

"Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation" (Hymn 34) from Sumner Jenkins.

"They cast their nets in Galilee" (Hymn 661) from the Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley.

"Come, thou fount of every blessing" from the Rev. Kara Slade

"The glory of these forty days" (Hymn 143) from Derek Olsen.

"Come, thou fount of every blessing" (Hymn 686) from Michael Smith.

An introduction to "Songs in the Desert" and "When I survey the wondrous cross" (Hymn 474) from David Sinden.

Songs in the Desert is coming! Download this episode (mp3). Songs in the Desert is a collaborative conversation on hymns. Which hymns speak to us and why? One of the ways I thought we could respond to the Church's invitation to a "holy Lent" would be to dive a bit deeper into the hymns of our faith. This year's conversation begins on Ash Wednesday and will continue every weekday in Lent.