Category: Hymn Stories

Isaac Watts was a lifelong bachelor (he once proposed to a girl, was turned down). […]

I’ve had a hard time waking up and getting started this Saturday morning. It was […]

A couple of years ago, Andrea Doering, the outgoing (and outstanding) senior acquisitions editor at […]

  In my book, Then Sings My Soul, I told the remarkable story of how […]

Today I’ve had to force my mind back onto my writing; and while it’s hard […]

This week I’m in Tampa, speaking at the Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace, a […]

Today I’m happy to report that I am finally finishing a book project that has […]

 I’m in Ohio at my denominational convention, but I’m a little distracted by a writing […]

Today I’ve run across a rare hymn on the subject of marriage and family life.  […]

Poetry has fallen on hard times, especially sacred poetry with traditional rhythm and rhyme.  But […]

If you have accident-prone children, take comfort in the story of John Henry Yates.  His […]

This coming Sunday at The Donelson Fellowship, our pulpit study will focus on twin verses […]