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Category Archives: Retuned hymn
I Place Myself in Jesus’ Hands
Last summer, an email arrived at Hymnary.org from Germany. A woman there was working on a translation project and was looking for an English translation of “Ich steh in meines Herren Hand” by Philipp Spitta. Interestingly, she was translating the diaries … Continue reading
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There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
Six years ago I was standing in the parking lot of a hotel in Uganda, waiting for the group to gather. It was a beautiful East African morning–the kind that is going to burn like a furnace at mid-day, but … Continue reading
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Peace, Perfect Peace
Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for my arrangement of this song can be downloaded here. This is one of my favorite hymns. Ever. I found it in the old maroon Presbyterian Hymnbook in my first church position back in Pittsburgh, but … Continue reading
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Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
A friend sent me a text from Charles Wesley in response to the shootings in Aurora, Colorado. Wesley’s words are just as powerful and comforting today as they were when they were written in 1749. Here’s a song I wrote … Continue reading
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Awake, Sweet Gratitude
Thanks for bearing patiently with the sins of my youth. (I.e. the recent “Spring Cleaning” series.) There are more, but I’m going to give you a little break from that nostalgic tour de force, and introduce something brand new. “Awake, … Continue reading
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Jesus, Lord of Life and Glory – two recordings
Update 2/15/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. A few weeks ago, I told you the exciting story of writing this song. (It was exciting, wasn’t it? I mean, when I got to the part about … Continue reading
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Jesus, Lord of Life and Glory
Update 2/15/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. If you aren’t a musician, you might be led to believe that composers just pluck ripe songs from the muses’ orchard of musical delights. You would be wrong. … Continue reading
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Revenge of the Killer Bs: Psalm 107, Thanks Be to God
Update 2/11/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer. com. This setting of Psalm 107 came about when the Psalm came up in the lectionary on a Sunday that the Guitarchestra was playing. I couldn’t find a … Continue reading
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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty/Praise the Lord, O My Soul
I found an MP3 on my computer the other day, and to tell you the truth I don’t know what it’s from. It’s my arrangement of “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” that includes the added refrain “Praise the Lord, … Continue reading
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Long-weary Earth
I don’t know who Alexandra Fisher Willis is, but she’s written a beautiful Advent text, “Long-weary Earth in Darkness Groans.” From what I gather, she’s in Lester Ruth’s Theology of Songwriting at Duke Divinity, and she wrote this as one … Continue reading
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