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  Hymns For Today

  $18.00

  Few can argue with the power of music to touch the heart. Voices shared in worshipful song allow us to honor God in a truly beautiful way. Now, in Hymns for Today, renowned hymn writer Brian Wren helps us understand why this is so. Wren surveyed hundreds of hymns written since the 1960s to compile this discussion of forty hymn poems and to share the insights they provide for Christian faith. Grouped in chapters titled “Hymns? For Today?” “Jesus,” “Spirit,” “Church,” “Worship,” “Witness,” “Praise,” and “Treasure,” these contemporary hymns are analyzed for how they express Christian faith and traditional themes in fresh ways. Questions for discussion are included for each chapter, making this book an excellent group study resource.

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  Advent Christmas And Epiphany

  $36.00

  Preeminent hymn writer and liturgist Brian Wren offers this new collection of worship resources suitable for a variety of worship traditions during Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. These theologically sound and creative worship resources include prayers, litanies, calls to worship, and complete liturgies crafted to encourage rhythmic public responses during worship. All material is drawn from the readings from all three years of the Revised Common Lectionary. This collection also contains Scripture selections from the nativity narratives in Matthew and Luke and the messianic sections of Isaiah and the Psalms, making it just as useful to churches that do not follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Additional features of this volume include a Scripture index that points users to materials drawn from passages, a topical index listing items that can be used on other occasions during the church year, and a searchable CD Rom.

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  Praying Twice : The Music And Words Of Congregational Song

  $52.00

  1. “Through All The Changing Scenes Of Life”: Glimpses Of Congregational Song
  2. “Rescue The Holy Pleasure”: Why Congregational Song Is Indispensable
  3. “A More Profound Alleluia”: Encouraging The People’s Song
  4. “Some Demand A Driving Beat”: Contemporary Worship Music
  5. “And Speak Some Boundless Thing”: Assessing The Lyrics Of Congregational Song
  6. “Sing Them Over Again To Me”: Refrains, Choruses, And Other People’s Songs
  7. “Captured By Gender”: Chant And Ritual Song
  8. “Such A Feast As Mends In Length”: Hymns As Poems Of Faith
  9. “To Me, To All, Thy Bowels Move”: Why Do They Keep Changing The Good Old Hymns?
  10. “Echoes Of The Gospel”: How Hymns Do Theology

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  Renowned theologian and hymn writer Brian Wren explores here the theological significance of congregational singing, analyzes the importance of contemporary worship music, and explains the power of tune and text in the life and nurture of a congregation. Wren studies the lyrics of choruses, hymns, chants, and ritual songs, and identifies their importance as both poetry and communal utterances of theology. This is a valuable resource for church musicians, pastors, and other worship leaders.

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