Writing Songs of Lament and the New Creation
Session Description
Drawing from Psalms, Colossians, Revelation, and the global church, Carlos Colón invites us to write texts and songs of lament, protest, and hope. We will examine ways to give voice in our worship and prayer gatherings to our pain, our questions, and our desire for deep hope and the healing of all creation. We will examine songs with these themes in the "Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy" hymnal and in classical and contemporary sources.
Conference Title
2023 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
2-10-2023
Event Type
Lecture/Plenary
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Music
Topic
Liturgical Music
Keywords:
lament, worship in spanish, psalms of lament
Upload Date
10-2-2023 12:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Colón, Carlos, "Writing Songs of Lament and the New Creation" (2023). Symposium on Worship Archive. 19.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2023/sessions/19
Handout for this session.
Writing Songs of Lament and the New Creation
Drawing from Psalms, Colossians, Revelation, and the global church, Carlos Colón invites us to write texts and songs of lament, protest, and hope. We will examine ways to give voice in our worship and prayer gatherings to our pain, our questions, and our desire for deep hope and the healing of all creation. We will examine songs with these themes in the "Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy" hymnal and in classical and contemporary sources.