Old Tunes, New Texts
While I often write completely new hymns and worship songs, I recognize the deep need for new hymns sung to traditional hymn tunes.
The following new hymn texts are set to traditional tunes:
All Things in Their Season (St. Denio; Other Worship Music #1)
America the Beautiful: A Vision (Materna; Justice Music)
At the Feeding of the Many (Beach Spring; Other Worship Music #1)
At the Table of the Holy (Beach Spring; Other Worship Music #1)
Blest are You, the Poor in Spirit (Hyfrydol; Other Worship Music #1)
Church is More than Just a Building (Hyfrydol; Other Worship Music #1)
Comfort, Comfort (Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring Chorale; Other Worship Music #1)
Doxology (Old Hundredth; Other Worship Music #1)
For Freedom We Have Been Set Free (Ellacombe; Other Worship Music #1)
For the Harm that We Have Caused: A Confessional Hymn (Dix; Other Worship Music #1)
For the Weaving of Our Lives (Dix; Other Worship Music #1)
The Fruit of the Spirit is Wondrous to Know (St. Denio; Other Worship Music #1)
Fully Holy, Fully Human (Hymn to Joy; Other Worship Music #1)
God Abundant, God of Wonder (The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Justice Music)
God is Known (Nettleton; Church Season Music)
God of All, We Boldly Go (Dix, Other Worship Music #1)
God of Being and Becoming (Nettleton; Other Worship Music #1)
God Speaks Today (Ar Hyd Y Nos; Other Worship Music #1)
God Who Freely Chose Unfreedom (Hyfrydol; Other Worship Music #1)
Grant Us Grace, Oh, Tender Spirit (Beecher; Other Worship Music #1)
Holy Dreamer, Joyful Healer (Hymn to Joy; Other Worship Music #1)
How Can We Sing (Finlandia; Other Worship Music #1)
If Good Could Lose to Evil (Passion Chorale; Other Worship Music #1)
In a Time of Trouble (Cranham; Church Season Music)
In Our Self-Protection (Cranham; Other Worship Music #1)
In Sorrow We Remember (Bach Passion Chorale; available on All Scores page)
The Kin-dom of God is the Queerest of Nations (Kremser; LGBTQIA+ Music #1)
Little Baby, Soon to Join Us (Hyfrydol; Other Songs)
Love Your Neighbor - No Exceptions (Hymn to Joy; Other Worship Music #2)
My Life Flows on in Endless Song (How Can I Keep from Singing; Other Worship Music #2)
O Holy Solidarity (St. Louis; Church Season Music)
Open Hearts and Open Houses (Hymn to Joy; Other Worship Music #2)
Persistent Love, Enduring Hope (Amazing Grace; Other Worship Music #2)
Rebuilding Starts with Weeping (Bach Passion Chorale; Justice Music)
Resistance Song (Kingsfold; Church Season Music)
Say Their Names: A Trans Day of Remembrance Hymn Text (Stand by Me; LGBTQIA+ Music #2)
Seeds of God's Garden (Bunessan; Other Worship Music #2)
Seek Justice; Love Kindness: A Sending-Out Hymn (St. Denio; Other Worship Music #2)
Sing the World that God Imagines (Hymn to Joy; Other Worship Music #2)
Teacher Jesus, Source of Knowledge (Hyfrydol; Other Worship Music #2)
Transforming Love that Makes Us New (Ellacombe; Other Worship Music #2)
We Are Gathered (Nettleton; Other Worship Music #2)
We Belong to One Another (Nettleton; Other Worship Music #2)
We Come with Gifts; We Come in Need (Ellacombe; Other Worship Music #2)
When We Come to Disagree (St. George's Windsor; Other Worship Music #2)
When Our Hearts Are Tested (Cranham; Church Season Music)
When We Do Justice (Bunessan; Other Worship Music #2)
With What Shall We Approach You? (Passion Chorale; Other Worship Music #2)
Within God's Great Economy (Ellacombe; Other Worship Music #2)
Word that Blesses, Breaks, and Shares Us (Beecher; Other Worship Music #2)
Worker God Who Built Creation (Hymn to Joy; Justice Music)
If there is a particular hymn tune for which you would like a new text, please contact me: amanda@amandaudiskessler.com.