You are probably most familiar with John Newton as the author of “Amazing Grace”, but he also wrote over 300 other hymns, including this one. This was on his tombstone: “JOHN NEWTON, Clerk Once an infidel and libertine A servant of slaves in Africa, Was, by the rich mercy of [...] Read more »
“Gentle Mary Laid Her Child”
This one didn’t make it under the wire in time for the Christmas CD in 2009 but I like the version so much I made it a special addition for 2010 if you bought the CD. I think the words get lost in the Victorian-ish tune we know, which is [...] Read more »
“Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”
I wanted to give away two new Christmas recordings as a bonus for those of you who buy the actual CD (The Heart of Heaven, released in 2009), and this is one I came up with. (If you’re keeping score, the other is “Gentle Mary Laid Her Child“). What’s interesting [...] Read more »
“My Savior Leads Me”
This is a Fanny Crosby hymn, written in 1875. You may already know the Chris Tomlin version, and I wrote mine before he did, and now you get to be the judge: do you like the one written by the credible, multi-million selling popular worship guy who has moved millions [...] Read more »
“What Wondrous Love Is This”
This has always been one of my favorite hymns, because it captures so simply the sadness, and also hope, of the time of Good Friday, with its understated words and moody music. It began as a simple piano version, but once the loop was incorporated it evolved from there in [...] Read more »