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Songs below fall into four categories: Lyrics with Known Tunes, Original Songs, Kid-Friendly Songs, and the Psalms for Worship. I'm working on offering pdf files with scores on each page, but if you see one missing and want it, let me know.
Hey - let me know if you use my songs! It's a joy for me to know how they're spreading in the world.
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"Make Of Me", traditional tune "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"; Reflection on how God heals us, so we can in turn heal others Lyrics Midi
"The Old Olive Trees", traditional tune "Be Thou My Vision"; Written for Lent/Easter season. Lyrics Midi
"For Those Who Despair (Jesse's Song)", tune "Ode to Joy"; Written in the occurrence of a suicide. Lyrics Midi
"Song for New Life", tune English traditional, "Here We Go A Wassailing", Lyrics inspired by "I Thank You God" by ee cummings Lyrics Midi
Original Words and Music
"How Speaks the Lord" Written for Christmas; Kid-friendly: How does God talk to us?
"Can You See" Written for Christmas, works as a solo
"World's Lullaby"" Written for Christmas, works as a solo
"Same Table" Song about the unity of communion, works as a solo
"I Am Not Alone" Song meditating on the call to live in peace, in a world that seems bent on war and retribution, works as a solo
"Creation Song" To accompany "Children Leading Worship" for Creation Sunday A
"Sisters of the Wolf" Written as a lullaby for my fellow cabin mates in Wolf Cabin, Church Summer Camp, 2011 (and also inspired by Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
"Rise Up and Go!" Song written for encouragement, to get us moving when we get "stalled out" spiritually.
Monthly Theme Songs for Kids
"What You See" Theme song for April 2011; Looking deeper into things, to find God's hand in our world.
"You Who Give Us Life" Theme song for May 2011; Giving praise to God as the source of all gifts.
"As You Are One" Theme song for June 2011; Asking God to give us unity as a church family.
"Sowing, Sowing" Theme song for July 2011; Doing our part in God's kingdom, and leaving the rest to God.
"Be the Change" Theme song for August 2011; Inspired by quote from Mahatma Gandhi
Psalms for Worship
Recognizing that the psalms were written to be sung, I've started to develop weekly Call-and-Response Psalms to correspond with the assigned texts each Sunday. Each psalm has a simple refrain for the Congregation to be taught in worship, and verses for a Song Leader to sing on her own. They can be sung without accompaniment, but if you listen to the audio clips you'll hear that I mostly use the guitar. I can send simple scores or guitar chords to those who prefer to use accompaniment.
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