Last week in church, the closing hymn was "Earth and All Stars," one of my favorites and one that my daughter recently informed me was written in 1964 for the ninetieth anniversary of St. Olaf Collage in Northfield, Minnesota. The hymn was initially published in 1968 as part of a folksong collection and finally made it into a Lutheran hymnal in 1969. That means it was a new hymn when I was in elementary school! I can remember singing it a lot as a child, not surprising seeing as a Lutheran pastor, Herbert Brokering, wrote it. Apparently, until recently, the hymn was virtually unknown outside the Lutheran Church. Read more.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Earth and All Stars
...and a bit of a rant.
Last week in church, the closing hymn was "Earth and All Stars," one of my favorites and one that my daughter recently informed me was written in 1964 for the ninetieth anniversary of St. Olaf Collage in Northfield, Minnesota. The hymn was initially published in 1968 as part of a folksong collection and finally made it into a Lutheran hymnal in 1969. That means it was a new hymn when I was in elementary school! I can remember singing it a lot as a child, not surprising seeing as a Lutheran pastor, Herbert Brokering, wrote it. Apparently, until recently, the hymn was virtually unknown outside the Lutheran Church. Read more.
Last week in church, the closing hymn was "Earth and All Stars," one of my favorites and one that my daughter recently informed me was written in 1964 for the ninetieth anniversary of St. Olaf Collage in Northfield, Minnesota. The hymn was initially published in 1968 as part of a folksong collection and finally made it into a Lutheran hymnal in 1969. That means it was a new hymn when I was in elementary school! I can remember singing it a lot as a child, not surprising seeing as a Lutheran pastor, Herbert Brokering, wrote it. Apparently, until recently, the hymn was virtually unknown outside the Lutheran Church. Read more.
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