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101 Hymn Stories
Kenneth W. Osbeck
The stories behind many favorite hymns. 101 Hymn Stories.
Item 159
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101 More Hymn Stories.
Item 160
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25 Most Treasured Gospel Hymn Stories
Kenneth W. Osbeck
Background stories and reflections on 25 favorite gospel songs
Item 538
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Amazing Grace: Illustrated Stories of Favorite Hymns
Kenneth Osbeck
A gift book of 28 hymn stories wit full-color illustrations.
Item 486
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Amazing Grace, 2nd ed.
Kenneth W. Osbeck
366 hymn stories for daily devotions.
Item 158
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Awake, My Soul!
Nancy Roth
Meditations on hymns for Year B of the 3-year lectionary.
Item 485
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Beyond the Sunset: 25 Hymn Stories Celebrating the Hope of Heaven - Book
Kenneth W. Osbeck
Each with history, devotional thought, scripture verse, and music.
Item 539
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Beyond the Sunset: 25 Hymn Stories Celebrating the Hope of Heaven - CD
Companion CD
Item 539CD
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Beyond the Sunset: 25 Hymn Stories Celebrating the Hope of Heaven - Book & CD
Book and CD
Item 539B
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Crossings: Meditations for Worship
Susan Palo Cherwien; foreword by Martin E. Marty
Meditations for use with hymn festivals or for private reading.
Item 667
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A Festival of Hymns: The Writers Tell Their Stories
Hal H. Hopson
Features 11 significant writers from the 4th through the 20th centuries
Item 532
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A Festival of Hymns: The Writers Tell Their Stories - CD
Hal H. Hopson
A listening CD of this festival.
Item 532CD
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From Glory into Glory
Susan Palo Cherwien
A second volume of meditations for hymn festivals and worship services in the style of her earlier Crossings; includes suggested hymn festival outlines related to the meditations as well as hymn and anthem indexes.
Item 794
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Gloria! Letters from Hymnwriters
Ruth M. Buenting
A series of 60 imaginative letters from hymnwriters arranged to follow the Church Year.
Item 488
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Go Down, Moses! Daily Devotions Inspired by Old Negro Spirituals
ed. Leonidas A. Johnson
365 daily devotions drawn from spirituals; with prayers and scripture readings covering the Bible in a year.
Item 577
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Lost in Wonder: Charles Wesley, The Meaning of His Hymns Today
S.T. Kimbrough, Jr.
Meditations on fifty of Charles Wesley’s hymns and poems.
Item 359
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A Musical Offering: Hymnfest for the Church Year
Ruth M. Buenting (with James Buenting and Joy Berg)
Materials from the previous volume selected to form a festival of 12 hymns; includes descants for 4 hymns.
Item 489
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Praise, My Soul: Meditating on Hymns
Nancy Roth
A large-print selection of 38 meditations based on hymns in “The Hymnal 1982” related to the three-year lectionary.
Item 567
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Singing in the Spirit
Mary Kay Beall
61 hymn-related devotions for music ministry.
Item 444
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Songs for Renewal
Janet Lindebald Janzen with Richard J. Foster
A devotional guide to the riches of our best-loved songs and hymns.
Item 196
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Tune My Heart to Sing
Wayne L. Wold
Weekly devotions for choirs for the full 3-year Revised Common Lectionary, each incorporating a quotation from an appropriate hymn.
Item 447
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The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
3400 Brook Road
Richmond VA 23227-4536 Phone: (800) THE HYMN
FAX: (804) 355-9208
e-mail: office@thehymnsociety.org