Comments on: All The Saints: RF Music http://www.joethorn.net/2008/07/16/all-the-saints-rf-music/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rob http://www.joethorn.net/2008/07/16/all-the-saints-rf-music/#comment-25153 Rob Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:53:37 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=942#comment-25153 Came back today just to hear this hymn again. Loving it. Came back today just to hear this hymn again. Loving it.

]]> By: Ray Van Neste http://www.joethorn.net/2008/07/16/all-the-saints-rf-music/#comment-25152 Ray Van Neste Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:25:05 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=942#comment-25152 Hey Joe, This is actually a favorite hymn of mine. I love how it expresses our continuit with the saints through the ages, how we draw strength from their example, and how we will one day be united as we worship God. Those last several verses- e.g the distant triumph song making us brave again, and the countless host streaming in- move me every time, typically to tears as I consider these glorious truths. The communion of the saints is a wonderful truth. Hey Joe,
This is actually a favorite hymn of mine. I love how it expresses our continuit with the saints through the ages, how we draw strength from their example, and how we will one day be united as we worship God. Those last several verses- e.g the distant triumph song making us brave again, and the countless host streaming in- move me every time, typically to tears as I consider these glorious truths. The communion of the saints is a wonderful truth.

]]> By: Bobby Gilles http://www.joethorn.net/2008/07/16/all-the-saints-rf-music/#comment-25151 Bobby Gilles Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:20 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=942#comment-25151 Great hymn, and I really like this version. Thanks for posting it! Great hymn, and I really like this version. Thanks for posting it!

]]> By: Tim Etherington http://www.joethorn.net/2008/07/16/all-the-saints-rf-music/#comment-25150 Tim Etherington Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:04:13 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=942#comment-25150 Yea, Matthew Smith is coming to my church toward the end of August. :) Can't wait. He was really good last year when he was up this way. Yea, Matthew Smith is coming to my church toward the end of August. :) Can’t wait. He was really good last year when he was up this way.

]]> By: Steve Davis http://www.joethorn.net/2008/07/16/all-the-saints-rf-music/#comment-25149 Steve Davis Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:17:04 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=942#comment-25149 Joe, definitely encourage your peeps to check out not only the RUF hymnbook, but also all of the Indelible Grace resources from Kevin Twit with Reformed University Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in Nashville. He has been rewriting tunes to wonderful old hymns, and along with a few other people, is really responsible for the resurgent movement of recapturing this part of our heritage, updating it, and even writing new hymns from time to time. His writings on worship and the arts are fantastic. (And Kevin Twit's writing on worship is definitely worth reading.) The Indelible Grace CD's are a wonderful collection of some of these songs, recorded by the likes of Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Matthew Perryman Jones and others who hang around Scotty Smith's PCA church in Nashville and do music for Belmont U's RUF group there as well. You may know about all of this already, but it's a great resource. And as a musician, a lover of hymns, and a lover of beautiful prose that captures complex beliefs and emotions at the same time, I'm personally so grateful to them for all of the work they've done to capture beautiful songs and make sure that they stick around for another 50 years or so before someone recalibrates them again for another generation. Their little touring band of lead worshippers has a few dates in IL coming up. Find out more on the indelible grace site. <a href="http://www.igracemusic.com/" title="http://www.igracemusic.com/" rel="nofollow"> As an aside, you and Steve M. and many of the reformed baptist types have a whole lot in common with this slice of the PCA. (more than a lot of your SBC brothers). But that's a whole other topic, isn't it? Best of luck with your work. I am always interested when you and Steve talk about the intersection of the church and the built environment. Later.</a> Joe, definitely encourage your peeps to check out not only the RUF hymnbook, but also all of the Indelible Grace resources from Kevin Twit with Reformed University Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in Nashville. He has been rewriting tunes to wonderful old hymns, and along with a few other people, is really responsible for the resurgent movement of recapturing this part of our heritage, updating it, and even writing new hymns from time to time. His writings on worship and the arts are fantastic. (And Kevin Twit’s writing on worship is definitely worth reading.)

The Indelible Grace CD’s are a wonderful collection of some of these songs, recorded by the likes of Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Matthew Perryman Jones and others who hang around Scotty Smith’s PCA church in Nashville and do music for Belmont U’s RUF group there as well.

You may know about all of this already, but it’s a great resource. And as a musician, a lover of hymns, and a lover of beautiful prose that captures complex beliefs and emotions at the same time, I’m personally so grateful to them for all of the work they’ve done to capture beautiful songs and make sure that they stick around for another 50 years or so before someone recalibrates them again for another generation.

Their little touring band of lead worshippers has a few dates in IL coming up. Find out more on the indelible grace site.

As an aside, you and Steve M. and many of the reformed baptist types have a whole lot in common with this slice of the PCA. (more than a lot of your SBC brothers). But that’s a whole other topic, isn’t it? Best of luck with your work. I am always interested when you and Steve talk about the intersection of the church and the built environment.

Later.

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