Earth and All Stars

Jonathan Rundman cover of a hymn out of Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

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[JenniferLPH]

Sorry. This is one of my favorite hymns. This whole thing was a debacle.--no offense. I was looking for something more formal. And normal. Or are guitars de rigueur now in church?

Honestly don't know or care--save comments for elsewhere.

Love the hymn & words. peace

[pastorpc]

Hi Jennifer. Actually, this was a youth rock concert on a Wednesday night, not a worship service. But yes, we increasingly use guitars in worship. And of course, we all have different tastes. Thanks for viewing. I happen to think it rocks!

[pastorpc]

I also made use of a comparison of the two hymns (same tune) for a Wednesday evening service last week. Great opportunity to talk about creation and new creation!

[wsp162]

This is beautiful music to the Lord's ears. Judge not.

[dkinzer]

My uncle Herb who WROTE this song would have loved your version. He was an amazing man and artist and visionary...truly gifted by God in so many ways. He would have really enjoyed it.

[nullz0r]

"Classrooms and labs, loud boiling test tubes,

sing to the Lord a new song!" ROFLCOPTERS

[sdschonew]

I'm not familiar with this hymn but a friend shared a different video version. I like it both with pipe organ and with guitar. I couldn't actually watch the video without getting queasy, but I liked just listening to it.

[IndigoDelirium]

I love the lyrics in this song - bringing everything back to God! And I enjoyed this version of it, too. :) God bless!

[tabletalkradio]

@pastorpc Just curious, why do you use sacred space for a rock concert?

[harkentunesable]

I was looking for this song and expecting a formal exposition and what do I find - Joy. I never pictured this on guitar, but this is really nice - going to try it, rev, thank you.

Found this song originally as a mistake by our BSF teaching leader, he called out the (wrong) number and our excellent pianist played. I remember the guys fumbling through the words of a song they had never heard before. When I asked our choir leader to try it in church she made all us men perform it on Fathers Day.

[TheOmegaMan1976]

@pastorpc the Catholic Churches I visit use mainly piano and guitar in masses, it keeps the service to flow at a upbeat yet steady pace, with folk style music. I would love to join the ELCA again due to my appreciation for its theology, but worship in most Lutheran Churches in my area are too over the top contemporary or tired old organ. Keep up the good work! I love old hymns that are upbeat when played on guitar and piano, keeps the tradition with a contemporary sound- sing a new song!

[TheOmegaMan1976]

This sounds great! Not overly contemporary for Church, easy for all to relate. Way to break away from the old Lutheran organ!

[MrRlindstrom]

This hymn was written to commemorate St. Olaf College. It's a Lutheran college in Northfield, MN. The verses celebrate both the world at the time it was written and life at a college. One of my favorite hymns.