The Lenten season offers musicians myriad resources for solos, ensembles, and choirs. Since this series is focused on embracing the Resurrected One with a whole heart, we will look at hymns and modern songs that point us in that direction. Lent gives us space to clean house and to receive the one we call Lord. And, although Lent can be an intense time as we lean into some of the more somber moments of Jesus’ life, we must also hold in counterpoint the joy and hope that our congregations need to hear on the journey. During Lent, we have the opportunity to claim the life that Christ teaches and lives out before us. As you plan music for your worship services, find the tension between what is and the promise of what will be.

Second Sunday in Lent – Walk Before Me

February 28, 2021 – Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Here’s an anthem that works well with this scripture and ties in the themes of journeying together as well as walking in faith. This anthem is based on a song found in Songs of Zion, 192: