Singing some quiet hymns in the garden | Autumn acoustic worship

I used to find hymns frustrating. I didn't grow up with them, and often felt like they were used by people as an excuse not to sing new songs. Sometimes our nostalgia can get in the way. However, I've felt challenged over the last year as I've engaged more directly with them, and how they especially work in contexts like this. Often I'm finding myself wanting to sing a hymn quietly over a contemporary worship song. They're like old folk songs, gently accompanying your day to day. So here is another hymns focused session as I try to learn more of them! There is a focus on Jesus being the light by which we can see all other things rightly, which I hadn't planned but was quite beautiful to meditate on. I also read a poem, a sonnet I wrote recently. The words are: Carrying a burden Through darkness’ wooden bower Heavy in my turning step To escape the darker powers Now emptying an ocean One small cup at a time It isn’t the most perfect motion And still, it holds the line Till light dawns in the saving East Or star far off glints brightly I’ve learned to raise a toast and feast And heaviness, hold lightly Come now join, don’t be afraid For all things at the feet are laid Songs: 00:00 - I Need Thee Every Hour 05:30 - Original Poem 16:30 - Be Thou My Vision 12:40 - Turn Your Eyes 18:49 - I Surrender All 27:15 - Final Blessings My socials: Instagram @samjacksonreedmusic Subscribe to my Substack for poems, short essays and updates: https://samjacksonreed.substack.com 🎧 Listen to my original music here: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0VmIL.. Apple Music -   / samuel-jackson-reed   Tidal - https://tidal.com/artist/45219833 End blessing taken from the Celtic Book of Daily Prayer. You can find out more about it at https://www.northumbriacommunity.org My Setup: 📷- Fuji Xh-2 🎤- Zoom H2n 🎸- Gibson J45 50s Original