Tag: Kate Williams
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In the Beginning
As waters rise due to environmental devastation, our situation has similarities to the flood story. This time, we’re the ones bringing the flood. How might God’s presence and promise help us now? This text emerged in a shape that didn’t fit any traditional format. I’m grateful to Kate Williams for creating a wonderful tune that…
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Bless What Is Breaking
Some of the holiest moments I have experienced while hymn writing have been when I consider a deeply personal and painful experience and try to imagine how it might be of service to a singing congregation. In this case — just as with one of my earliest pieces, “I Know God Holds You” — the…
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We Remember Hands that Tend
This song began with an interest in the woman who anointed Jesus before his death. While her action was shocking to some, Jesus says that she will be remembered for it. I then began to think of all the people who give compassionate care for human bodies, in birthing and dying, in youth and in…
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I Know God Holds You
My journey towards parenthood was not as difficult as it is for many, and it was still marked by grief and fear. Along the way I had two miscarriages, losses that were hard to grapple with. Few people knew about them. I had never been taught how to grieve them, or what to believe about…
Hannah C Brown 