Sung Stories: Hymns for the Life of the Church

From his youth, when his father woke him on Sunday mornings with the bold proclamation, "Rise up, O men of God!" to his naming as dean of Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston, S.C., Michael Wright as honored the role of hymns in the expression of faith and our communal spirit. In this volume, he presents lyrics for over 60 new hymns--some set to well-known melodies and some to new musical scores--that span the breadth of the liturgical year and speak to the special occasions in the life the church.