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Singing the Living Tradition: Songs from the Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook

May 30, 2009, 10:07pm Cover Lay Down

I've spent the whole weekend writing a sermon about the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook for this weekend's lay service at our church. Now I've got hymnal on the brain, and the thought of switching over to folk music makes my head hurt. Which would be a problem, if it were not for the fact that the modern Unitarian Universalist hymnal is about as folk-oriented as a hymnbook gets. It wasn't always that way. The UU hymnal has gone through several incarnations since the first one was published in 1937. [...]

• Brooks Williams - Joyful Joyful
• Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome
• Cordelia's Dad - How Can I Keep From Singing
• Eli - Morning Has Broken
• Elizabeth Mitchell - This Little Light Of Mine
• Human Highway - I Wish I Knew
• Jane Siberry - All Through The Night
• Ruthie Foster - Woke Up This Morning
• Sufjan Stevens - Amazing Grace
• Wayfaring Strangers - Motherless Child

Artist:	Brooks Williams
Title:	Joyful Joyful
Link Text:	Brooks Williams: Joyful Joyful
File Name:	joyful.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	Bruce Springsteen
Title:	We Shall Overcome
Link Text:	Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome
File Name:	weshallo.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Cordelia's Dad
Title:	How Can I Keep From Singing
Link Text:	Cordelias Dad: How Can I Keep From Singing
File Name:	howcan.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Eli
Title:	Morning Has Broken
Link Text:	Eli: Morning Has Broken
File Name:	morninghas.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Elizabeth Mitchell
Title:	This Little Light Of Mine
Link Text:	Elizabeth Mitchell: This Little Light of Mine
File Name:	thislittle.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Human Highway
Title:	I Wish I Knew
Link Text:	Human Highway: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
File Name:	iwishi.mp3
Bitrate:	174 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Jane Siberry
Title:	All Through The Night
Link Text:	Jane Siberry: All Through The Night
File Name:	allthrough.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Ruthie Foster
Title:	Woke Up This Morning
Link Text:	Ruthie Foster: Woke Up This Morning
File Name:	wokeup.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Sufjan Stevens
Title:	Amazing Grace
Link Text:	Sufjan Stevens: Amazing Grace
File Name:	amazing.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Wayfaring Strangers
Title:	Motherless Child
Link Text:	Wayfaring Strangers: Motherless Child
File Name:	motherless.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2001

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