Parson Paul on the Hymns

This is Parson Paul on the Hymns. If this is your first time or you’ve tuned in before, welcome. Today’s hymn is Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming. 1                1.  Our first selection today is by Arnold Schoenberg 1921 with violin, cello and piano please listen to a part of this work. Again, welcome this is Parson Paul. I am Paul Lathum a retired United Methodist Pastor with 32 years’ experience. My bachelor’s degree is in Sacred Music. I want to help busy church professionals, church musicians and people in general to have a greater appreciation and understanding of the hymns and church music today. I want to help give you some background on the hymns and how they came to us as well as share some great music. I believe the hymns can speak into our lives as well today as in the day when they were first written. Please feel free to share this blog or podcast with others you think might enjoy and drop us a line with suggestions o...

Welcome to volume 2 of Parson Paul on the Hymns, I am Paul Lathum. I have a love of music and church music in particular. I want to help busy church professionals, church musicians and people in general to have a greater appreciation and understanding of the hymns and church music today. I want to help give you some background on the hymns and how they came to us as well as share some great music. I believe the hymns can speak into our lives as well today as in the day when they were first written. Today’s selection goes along with the season of the church as we are entering into Advent, the looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus , is a short hymn written by Charles Wesley that first appeared in print in 1744 in his “Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord.” This was a small collection of hymns and was so popular that it was reprinted 20 times during Wesley’s lifetime. The pamphlet this was published and circulated among the Methodist societies at a...

Welcome, this is Paul Lathum, I am a retired United Methodist Pastor, I have a bachelor’s degree in sacred music. I call this podcast and blog “Parson Paul on the Hymns.” I welcome you to my first podcast. I hope in the next several episodes to share some of my most favorite Advent and Christmas Hymns I hope they are yours as well. In the future I plan to explore other hymns with interviews some other church leaders and hear about their favorite hymn and worship music. I will also try to enrich this with background and historical study. I hope this provides some background for your personal study, uplifting music for your edification and a useful planning help. Please let me know how I can help more. I love music of all sorts. The Apostle Paul talked about in Ephesians 5:19, “ singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in your hearts. ” I think music continues to develop along these very lines. Now I would concentrate on the hymns, ...