{"id":3757,"date":"2021-04-07T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T00:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worship\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2021-04-07T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T00:03:11","slug":"all-creation-sings-hymn-spotlight-christ-has-risen-while-earth-slumbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/worship\/3757\/","title":{"rendered":"All Creation Sings Hymn Spotlight: Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2073\" src=\"https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/04\/CrossLeaves.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/04\/CrossLeaves.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/04\/CrossLeaves-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In the Easter season our \u201cAlleluias\u201d are bold.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many of the hymns and songs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">chosen for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Easter\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have a majestic and joyful quality<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to them<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Bells<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, brass, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">drums\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">often<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0enhance organ, piano, or guitar. Yet we know that even though we are a resurrection people,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0always shout our praise or\u00a0exude\u00a0joy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cChrist has risen while earth slumbers,\u201d a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">new<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0hymn in\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All Creation Sings<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">announces the promise of resurrection<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0while acknowledging the complexity of human experience. In the words of\u00a0stanza\u00a0three:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christ has risen to companion former friends who fear the night,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">sensing loss and limitation where their faith had once burned bright.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">They\u00a0bemoan\u00a0what is no longer, they expect no hopeful\u00a0sign<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">till Christ ends their conversation, breaking bread and sharing wine.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0(ACS #938)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing on imagery\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from the Emmaus story in Luke\u2019s gospel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Christ comes among us as<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he did to those<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0confused, fearful,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and grieving disciples.\u00a0This hymn\u2019s author, John Bell<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the Iona Community<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is a Scottish Presbyterian pastor who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0writes\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and leads\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">songs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">often\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">challenge our understanding<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and experience.\u00a0He has\u00a0written\u00a0several books<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and articles<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0about why and how we sing in community<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and how\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">song<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0shapes our witness in the world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You might enjoy listening to\u00a0this\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iona.org.uk\/2019\/08\/12\/john-bell-podcast\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2019 interview<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Bell in which he talks about some other songs of his in both\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ELW<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and ACS<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as well as core beliefs that shape his ministry.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bell\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0text written in the late 1980s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0paired\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All Creation Sings<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with the tune ST.HELENA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The tune\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by Calvin Hampton (1938<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1984)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was published in 1977 without\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">text. It was first associated with \u201cThere\u2019s a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ideness in God\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ercy\u201d (ELW #587).\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Advent hymn \u201cUnexpected and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ysterious\u201d was written by Jeannette Lindholm especially for this tune<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ELW\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">#258)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Like both of those texts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the editors of ACS sensed that the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">melodic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">spaciousness of ST.HELENA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paired well with the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sense of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">breadth\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">transformation in Bell\u2019s text.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the 2019 interview noted above,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Bell\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">remarked:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe church at its best has a pastoral song<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which rela<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the pain of people as well as the joy of people.\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cChrist has risen\u201d includes the words \u201cChrist has risen and forever lives to challenge and to change all whose lives are messed or mangled, all who find religion strange\u201d (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a04).\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Perhaps this\u00a0is the only hymn\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0encounter\u00a0with the word \u201cmangled,\u201d but it is an honest, direct descriptor of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so much of what we experience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Into<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">both our joy and our pain,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">into\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our me<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sses and challenges, Christ\u2019s new life flows.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Especially in this Easter whe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pain, g<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rief<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and isolation\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of this year\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0ever palpable,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">this\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">new hymn\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can renew\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our trust in the One who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">se Spirit dwells among us always.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christ is risen, Christ is present making us what he has been:<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">evidence of transformation in which God is known and seen. (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a04)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about All Creation sings, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburgfortress.org\/AllCreationSings\">www.augsburgfortress.org\/AllCreationSings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2021\/04\/Easter.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2021\/04\/Easter.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2021\/04\/Easter-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><span data-contrast=\"none\">Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Text:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">John L. Bell, b. 1949<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Music: Calvin Hampton, 1938<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">1984<br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Text<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a9 1988 WGRG, Iona Community, admin. GIA Publications, Inc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Music \u00a9 1977\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">G<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">IA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Publications, Inc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Permission\u00a0required\u00a0for further use.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>Image: Sundays and Seasons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Easter season our \u201cAlleluias\u201d are bold.\u00a0Many of the hymns and songs\u00a0chosen for\u00a0Easter\u00a0have a majestic and joyful quality\u00a0to them. Bells, brass, and\u00a0drums\u00a0often\u00a0enhance organ, piano, or guitar. Yet we know that even though we are a resurrection people,\u00a0we\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0always shout our praise or\u00a0exude\u00a0joy.\u00a0\u201cChrist has risen while earth slumbers,\u201d a\u00a0new\u00a0hymn in\u00a0All Creation Sings,\u00a0announces the promise of resurrection\u00a0while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>All Creation Sings Hymn Spotlight: Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers\u00a0 - ELCA Worship<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elcablogs.fairnorthdigital.com\/worship\/3757\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All Creation Sings Hymn Spotlight: Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers\u00a0 - ELCA Worship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the Easter season our \u201cAlleluias\u201d are bold.\u00a0Many of the hymns and songs\u00a0chosen for\u00a0Easter\u00a0have a majestic and joyful quality\u00a0to them. 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