Articles
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A hymn, not a poem
The story of Sir John Betjeman's Silver Jubilee hymn
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All Saints - is Halloween a "thin place"?
Is there a case for reclaiming Halloween as an intrinsic element of the Christian celebration of All Saints? Laurence Wareing believes there may be.
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All Saints and All-hallows Eve
Singing hymns may help us reflect on Halloween as well as All Saints.
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Bible Month 2019 - Life with Christ: hymns for the Colossians
Bible Month in 2019 focusses on Paul's letter to the young church in Colossae. Here is a starter list of hymns that reflect his message.
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Bible Month 2020 – Ruth: a story of lives interconnected
Bible Month in 2020 explores themes that emerge from the Old Testament story of Ruth. StF+ offers a starter list of hymns that reflects those themes.
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Bible Sunday 2018 - Telling it like Timothy
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BLM - the forgotten life of a campaigning hymn writer
Black lives mattered for the author of one of the UK's most popular hymns
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Celebrating diversity
Hymns published by Singing the Faith Plus speak of unity in diversity
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Church Action on Poverty Sunday
Worship resources and information for Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2021
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Covenant and renewal - hymns to explore
Introducing the Covenant Service and a range of suitable hymns, old and new
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Education Sunday 2015 - hymns to explore
Different perspectives on growth and learning in the light of Jesus' example
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God in all our experience – the hymns of Ruth Duck
Introducing those texts included in Singing the Faith by the pioneering American hymn writer
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Hiroshima - the fallout
How the events of 6 August 1945 changed the world
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Hiroshima hymns
The events of 6 August 1945 still raise complex questions - what responses do we find in our hymns?
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
75 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau we still have cause to remember these events and fear present genocides
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Hymns for a Methodist Way of Life
One or more hymns for each task of A Methodist Way of Life
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Jesus' ministry – a gap in Singing the Faith?
StF+ responds to Leith Fisher's sense that our modern hymn books are "very light on the life of Jesus"
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Jesus' ministry 1 - Things Jesus said
First in our explorations of StF hymns about Jesus' ministry and teachings
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Jesus' ministry 2 - Events in Jesus’ life
Second in our explorations of StF hymns about Jesus' ministry and teachings
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Jesus' ministry 3 - More about metaphor
Third in our explorations of StF hymns about Jesus' ministry and teachings
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Life and Unity in the Church
Life and Unity in the Church - the hymns we sing
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Making old things new – the hymn settings of Colleen Muriel
A long fascination with older hymns has inspired Colleen Muriel to craft new settings in multiple arrangements
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Moving on - discipleship and removal vans
Hymns for a time of moving and change
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Moving on - treading the path
Hymns about change and risking
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No hymn for Thomas?
Laurence Wareing asks which hymns best reflect individual saints. He begins with St Thomas, whose story is re-told on the 2nd Sunday of Easter.
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Preaching the Word – Herman Stuempfle's hymns
A Lutheran pastor engages with the Gospel
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Saint Andrew - hymns for a net worker
Scotland's melodic legacy for Singing the Faith, and Saint Andrew's pointers for Christian discipleship
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Saint David - songs for Dewi Sant
Exploring Welsh tunes in Singing the Faith
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Saint David - who was he?
Patron saint of Wales - austere monk and reluctant theologian
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Saint George - more than dragons
Exploring hymns that speak of England's patron saint
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Saint Patrick - hymns from Ireland
Singing the Faith words and tunes associated with Ireland
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Saint Patrick - who was he?
Ireland's patron saint - fearless, defiant, an immigrant for Christ
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Saints - for all the (patron) saints
Introducing StF's series of articles about the United Kingdom's patron saints and the hymn traditions that reflect their lives
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Singing in the polling booth
Can hymns help inform our political choices?
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Social justice - part 1
Hymns to help mark Social Justice Day, 20 February 2013
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Social justice - part 2
More hymns to help mark Social Justice Day, 20 February 2013
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Student Sunday 2020
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Susanna's granddaughters - women hymn writers in the Methodist tradition
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The singing presidents
How hymns make connections with young people
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The Widow's Mite - a hymn question
What hymns to sing to accompany one of Jesus' most familiar observations?
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This is the day
Five hymns that punch above their weight. Taking a look at The Lord's Day section of Singing the Faith (rev. June 2017)
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This sporting life
Hymns that use sporting endeavour as a starting point for Christian reflection
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Wellbeing resources and hymns
Materials for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020