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A Celebration of God's Grace




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Jesus Christ is a God to whom we can approach without pride, and before whom we may abase ourselvess without despair.
--Blaise Pascal







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Jesus Christ, the condescension of divintiy, and the exaltation of humanity.
--Phillips Brooks







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Charity is to will and do what is just and right in every transaction.
--Emanuel Swedenborg
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It is as absurd to argue men (sic), as to torture them, into believing.
--Cardinal John Henry Newman







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When God pardons, he consigns the offense to everlasting forgetfulness.
--Merv Rosell







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Publications

Worship Arts Reviews

May-June 2012
  • A Prayer to Jesus (Michael Burkhardt)
  • This Is the Day (Mark Burrows)
  • Come to Me (Margaret R. Tucker)
March-April 2012
  • Come, Christians, Join to Sing (Neil Harmon)
January-February 2012
  • We Would Serve the Lord (Daniel Pederson)
  • Give Us Faith, Lord (Dan Schutte)
  • When We Seek the Language of Prasie You, O God (Carl F. Schalk/arr. Barry L. Bobb)
  • Spirit of God Dwelling in All (Lynn Trapp)
  • Spirit of God Within Me (Scott Soper)
  • Eight Quiet Preludes on American Hymntunes (Charles Callahan) - Organ
November-December 2011
  • Bach Chorales from the St. John Passion (ed. Thomas Pavlechko)
  • A Blue Cloud Abby Orgen Book For Lent (Christopher Uehlein) - Organ
  • Thy Holy Wings (arr. Cathy Moklebust) - Handbells
  • Nearer, My God, to Thee (arr. Susan E. Geschke) - Handbells
  • Sheep May Safely Graze (J.S. Bach/arr. Sharon Elery Rogers) - Handbells
September-October 2011
  • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Kelly J. Turner)
  • Brightest and Best (Andrew Kohn)
  • The Holly and the Ivy (John A. Behnke)
  • All Christendom Be Merry (Daniel Pinkham)
  • Still, Still, Still (arr. Cathy Moklebust) - Handbells
July-August 2011
  • They Who Wait for the Lord (John Carter)
  • Stregnthen for Service (Leo Nestor)
  • Be Transformed (John Ferguson)
  • Away in a Manger (arr. Neil Harmon)
  • In Bethlehem (Jay Althouse)
March-April 2011
  • The Beatitudes (James Biery)
  • All Who Believe and Are Baptized (Paul D. Weber)
  • The Loving God Who Made Us All (arr. Andrew Birling)
January-February 2011
  • Sing Praises to God (James Biery)
  • May Your Life Be Filled with Gladness (Neil Stipp)
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd (Cathy Mocklebust) - Handbells
November-December 2010
  • After the Prelude: Handbell Resources to Enhance Worship (William H. Mathis)
  • Cross of Jesus, Cross of Sorrow (arr. Robert J. Powell)
  • Saw Ye My Savior (David Ashley White)
  • Changed Mah Name (Larry Christiansen)
September-October 2010
  • Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (K. Lee Scott)
  • Sing Noel! (Alfred E. Sturgis)
  • Poverty Carol (arr. Lee Dengler)
  • Past Three O'Clock (arr. Cliff Hardin)
  • "Riu, Riu, Chiu," Manger Birds Are Winging (arr. Hal H. Hopson)
  • Rise, O Church: Reflections on the Church, Its Music, and Empire (Paul Westermeyer) Book
July-August 2010
  • Joined Together As One Body (James Biery)
  • A Carol (Cory John Franklin)
  • O Tod, Eternal Source of Love (J.S. Bach, arr. Robert J. Powell)
May-June 2010
  • Too Splendid for Speech (Joel Raney)
  • Let Every Breath (Nancy Raabe)
  • The Gift (John D. Horman)
  • Aria (Michael Helman) Handbells
  • The Art & Craft of Typesetting Hymns (David Shaap) Book
March-April 2010
  • Sing to the Lord a New Song (Robert Lau)
  • As the Lyre to the Singer (Alfred V. Fedak)
  • Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands (John Eggert)
  • The Spirit Like a Might Wind (William P. Rowan)
  • Baptized in Water (Jane Holstein)
  • We’re Marching to Zion (arr. Timothy Shaw)
  • Jesus: A Meditation on His Stories and His Relationships to Women (Andrew M. Greeley) Book
November-December 2009
  • After the Prelude, Year C: Handbell Resources to Enhance Worship (William H. Mathis)
  • Give Me Jesus (arr. John Helgen)
  • Fairest Lord Jesus (Charles Forsborg)
  • Come and See (Michael Mahler)
  • Now the Green Blade Rises (David Mennicke)
  • Make Us Turn To You: Song of Repentance (Paul Inwood)
  • Ah, Holy Jesus (arr. Hal Hopson)
  • To You My Eyes Are Turned (Lynn Trapp)
September-October 2009
  • Surge Illuminare (James Biery)
  • O Come, Divine Messiah (James Biery)
  • The Holly and the Ivy
  • Where Is This Stupendous Stranger?
  • Baptized in Jordan
July-August 2009
  • Sing Aloud Unto God Our Strength (Daniel Nelson)
  • Come Now, Savior of the Nations (Michael Burkhardt)
  • Come Quickly, Lord (Anne McNair)
  • He Is Born! Rejoice! (arr. Dan R. Edwards) Handbells
  • Better Get It in Your Soul: What Liturgists Can Learn from Jazz (Reid Hamilton and Stephen Rush) Book
May-June 2009
  • Day by Day (arr. John A. Behnke) Handbells
  • A Mighty Fortress (arr. John Leavitt) Handbells
  • We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight (Michael Burkhardt)
March-April 2009
  • Maker of the World (arr. Carson P. Coonan)
  • Christ Has No Body Now But Yours (David Ogden)
  • My Faith Looks Up to Thee (Robert Buckley Farley)
  • Come, Creator Spirit: Fedak plays Fedak (CD by Alfred Fedak)
November-December 2008
  • The Lowly Child (Derek Healey)
  • God So Loved the World (Libby Larsen)
  • Lord Jesus, Think on Me (arr. Richard Kenneth Fitzgerald)
  • God Remembers (Marty Haugen)
September-October 2008
  • Creator of the Stars of Night (Thomas Fielding)
  • In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Andrew Ager)
  • Too Much Light for Midnight (Alfred V. Fedak)
  • Lord, What a Morning' (Hart Morris) Handbells
  • Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (arr. Cathy Moklebust) Handbells
July-August 2008
  • God Will Wipe the Tears (Stephen Pishner)
  • Strike the Cymbal (Franz Schubert)
  • Psalm of Praise (James E. Clemens)
  • Let All Who Pray (arr. John Ferguson)
May-June 2008
  • Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel (arr. Dan R. Edwards) Handbells
  • Bwana Asifiwe! Praise the Lord! (Cathy Moklebust) Handbells
March-April 2008
  • Awake, My Heart (arr. Kenneth Lowenberg)
  • This Is the Bread (Dana Mengel)
January-February 2008
  • Patterned by Grace: How Liturgy Shapes Us (Daniel T. Benedict, Jr.)
  • A Song of Praise (Gwyneth Walker)
  • How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (Leo Nestor)
November-December 2007
  • Children of Light (Valerie Ann Webdell)
  • Blessed (Bern H. Herbolsheimer)
  • Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (arr. David Ashley White)
  • My Heart Soars (Ruth Watson Henderson)
  • Walk in Jerusalem (Rollo A. Dilworth)
  • A Celtic Prayer (Barry Peters, arr. Eleanor Daley)
  • In Wind and Wonder: 75 Hymn Texts by Mary Louise Bringle (Mary Louise Bringle)
September-October 2007
  • I Will Always Give Thanks (Capel Bond)
  • Wexford Carol (Dale Warland)
  • Keresimesi Odun de [Christmas Festival] (Godwin Sadoh)
  • Baloo, Lammy (Anthony Doherty)
  • Earth and All Stars: Hymns and Songs for Young and Old (Herbert F. Brokering)
July-August 2007
  • O Sweet and Sacred Feast (Michael McCabe)
  • Take My Life and Let It Be (Robin Dinda)
  • The Coventry Carol (Mark Sedio)
May-June 2007
  • Through the Ceaseless Web (John Core)
March-April 2007
  • A Door for the World (Timothy Dudley-Smith)
  • How Lovely, Lord, How Lovely (Roy Hopp)
  • Jesus Calls Us (Joy Patterson, arr. Daniel Kallman)
September-October 2006
  • Down Galilee’s Slow Roadways (Bob Moore)
  • Unexpected Grace (David Lantz III)
  • Lions and Oxen will Feed in the Hay (Michael Conolly)
  • Hodie Christus Natus Est (Alan Lees)
  • The Wexford Carol (arr. Ian Callanan)
  • Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (arr. David Haas)
  • Let Christians All with Joyful Mirth (Robert Edward Smith)
  • Song of the Baptist (Francis Patrick O’Brien)
July-August 2006
  • The Rocking Carol (arr. Carl J. Nygard)
  • Rock Little Babe (Jack T. Ledbetter, arr. B. Wayne Bisbee)
  • Lullaby Carol (Eleanor Daley)
  • Herself a Rose Who Bore the Rose (Robert H. Young)
  • In Bethlehem ‘neath Starlit Skies (arr. Dean Rishel)
  • I Am So Glad (arr. Bradley Ellingboe)
  • Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord (William Mathias)
  • O Give Thanks to the Lord (Rob Landes)
March-April 2006
  • Fill Us with your Love, O Lord (Carol Browning)
  • O, Worship the King (arr. Wendell Craig Woods)
  • Creating the Special World: A Collection of Lectures (Weston H. Noble)
January-February 2006
  • Canticle of the Spirit (David Poole)
November-December 2005
  • From the Rising (Shannon Wexelberg, arr. Richard Kingsmore)
  • Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (Gail Poch)
September-October 2005
  • The Seed That Died for Us (Lynn Trapp)
  • Where Charity and Love Prevail (Kenneth T.Kosche)
July-August 2005
  • By Your Hand You Feed Your People (Marty Haugen)
  • Eucharistic Acclamations [Mass of the Divine Word] (Howard Hughes)
May-June 2005
  • When the Morning Stars Together (John Ferguson)
  • Blest Are They: Three Treble Anthems from Magnificat (Andrew Carter)
  • Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (arr. Cathy Moklebust) Handbells
  • Lord, I Want to Be a Christian (arr. Tammy Waldrop) Handbells
  • JoyBurst (Bill Ingram) Handbells
  • Gaudio Exsultans (Valerie W. Stephenson) Handbells
January-February 2005
  • Cast All Your Cares (Kevin Johnson)
  • Early Easter Morning (arr. Jennifer Kerr Breedlove)
  • What a Friend We Have in Jesus (arr. Alfred Fedak)
  • I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (William M. Schoenfeld)
  • O, Worship the King (arr. Wendell Craig Woods)
November-December 2004
  • Be Not Far (Michael M. Birkley)
  • This Joyful Eastertide (Jeremy J. Bankson)
  • Resurrection Jubilee! (Glenn L. Jones)
July-August 2004
  • Blessed by the Name (arr. Robert Sterling)
  • Take My Life (arr. David T. Clydesdale)
  • The Seed That Died for Us (Lynn Trapp)
  • O Praise Ye the Lord! (Gerald Near)
  • And Can It Be (Ludmilla Garbuzova, arr. Carlton R. Young)
  • Fill Us with your Love, O Lord (Carol Browning)
  • Behold the House of God (Richard Proulx)
  • Bless God Beyond the Skies (Larry Harris)
  • John Wesley: Holiness of Heart & Life (Charles Yrigoyen, Jr.)
  • Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (Bruce Feiler)

The Choral Journal Reviews

September 2008
  • Spirit of the Season (Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra) CD
March 1990
  • Songs of Peace (Robert Washburn)
October 1990
  • He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand (arr. Benjamin Harlan)
November 1990
  • Sing to God (Jane Marshall)

The American Organist Article

April 1995
“A Look at Baby Boomers and Church Music” pp. 58-59

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Author: Roger G. Miller - Updated May1, 2012