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Category Archives: Methodist
Tyndale and the Lord of the Rings
If you’re wondering what those two have in common, check out this video promoting a new Tyndale oratorio. It’s the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, after all!
Posted in Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Catholic, Church Year, Current Events, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Presbyterian, Thanksgiving
Tagged Christianity, Lord of the Rings, Luther, music, Reformation, Reformation500, Tyndale
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Bread of the World
I’ve posted this poem recently, but it bears repeating. Today is the Anglican day of commemoration for its author–Reginald Heber, poet and once bishop of Calcutta. Heber’s poetry is sung today all over Christendom, in both high and low churches. … Continue reading
Posted in Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Catholic, In Memoriam, Lent, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian
Tagged Christianity, Poetry
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Epiphanies
Epiphanytide is what we’re in right now. It’s the stretch between the adoration of the magi and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Ash Wednesday, depending on your tradition. That’s because there’s not just one Epiphany. “Epiphany” is … Continue reading
Posted in Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Epiphany, Hymns, Lutheran, Methodist, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, Hymns, Poetry
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To the Winds
Give to the winds thy fears, Hope and be undismayed, God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms, He gently clears thy way; Wait thou his time, so … Continue reading
More Wesley
It turns out that John Wesley did much more translating of German poetry than I thought. See this hymn, originally by Tersteegen, or this one by Gerhardt. Here is a famous Reformation hymn by Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf—one which I … Continue reading
The Wesleyan Scheffler
Who’d have known? John Wesley, an English poet I much admire, once translated a poem by Johannes Scheffler, a German poet I much admire. Why is that surprising? Johannes Scheffler (aka Angelus Silesius) was a counter-Reformation fireball. Which is to … Continue reading
Posted in Anglican, Catholic, Hymns, Methodist
Tagged Angelus Silesius, Catholicism, Christianity, Hymns, Methodism, mysticism, Poetry, Wesley
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O Come
“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” is one of the few Advent hymns still commonly known outside the Church. The irony is that it is also very old. It derives from the “O Antiphons” that were sung perhaps as early as … Continue reading
Posted in Advent & Christmas, Anglican, Catholic, Church Year, Lutheran, Methodist
Tagged Advent, Christianity, Christmas, liturgy, medieval, Poetry
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The Open Secret
Bear not a single care thyself; One is too much for thee. The work is Mine, and Mine alone; Thy work–to rest in Me. ~ Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
Posted in Brethren, Current Events, Methodist, Presbyterian
Tagged Christianity, Hudson Taylor, Poetry
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Jesus Shall Reign
If you asked me for a shortlist of my favorite hymns, “Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun” would be somewhere near the top. And I wouldn’t be alone—this hymn is one of the most well-known and well-loved songs in Evangelical … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist, Hymns, Last Things, Methodist, Presbyterian, Psalms
Tagged Christianity, Hymns, Isaac Watts, Poetry
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The Middle Room 