Hymn Talk Twin Talk

Merry Christmas from our Hymn Talk Twin Talk family to all of you! Thank you for finding Hymn Talk Twin Talk and listening to this episode. We pray that this hymn will be a blessing to you, may you hear the words with new ears today, may the truth of Jesus's birth be brought to life in a new, creative way through this text and music. The collaboration of Redner and Brooks is exquisite.... the...

It's ADVENT! We just LOVE this time of year! There are so many wonderful Advent and Christmas hymns, it's hard to pick the ones we want to feature on the show. To make it even harder, we only have one month to do them! We were thrilled when Shelleen Weaver suggested What Child Is This? for our first Advent episode! What a beautiful hymn with a ton of history! Do you sing What Child is This...

Happy Thanksgiving to our Hymn Talk Twin Talk family all over the world! Wherever you are and whether or not you celebrate Thanksgiving, we pray that this episode will bring you much joy and inspire you to reflect on all of God's blessings. There is so much to be thankful for. God is so good to us! We feel especially grateful that the Lord has brought Raluca Bojor into our lives! She is a tale...

This episode is all because of our two hymn-loving friends, Judy and Jill! Judy and Jill don't know each other, have never had a conversation, and live hundreds of miles apart, but united in Christ and in their love of hymns, they BOTH requested the hymn Who Is On The Lord's Side? If you would like to hear a hymn on an upcoming episode, please reach out to us! We love getting your requests...

This is a beautiful, powerful hymn that we are so excited to be diving into. We sang this as kids in our church and we can remember having so much fun with it. The tune is bouncy and peppy and just FUN to sing. Examining the hymn all these years later, so much of the meaning was lost on us as kids. This hymn is just FULL of Scripture and theology and Christian doctrine. Here are some things that w...

A hymn of the HIGHEST PRAISE! This hymn is so wonderful and glorious and grand, you might call it ineffable! This episode is just FULL of music and fun facts. We hope you learn a lot and laugh a lot with us. This episode is especially exciting because we get to see a HYMN MYSTERY get solved almost right before our eyes! These are some of the things we talk about in the episode: The Boston Tea Part...

THANK YOU for finding Hymn Talk Twin Talk. If you're interested in WATCHING this episode, please look for us on YouTube! This episode will be available on Tuesday, September 27. Episode 66 is a special episode! At the time of our recording, people all over the world were grieving Queen Elizabeth. We did a little digging and found that the hymn Praise My Soul the King of Heaven was a special hy...

EPISODE 65 is a SPECIAL one! We have Kellie's husband, Danny, joining us! He has picked the hymn and stays for the entire episode to chat about this modern song. Many people categorize this as a Catholic hymn, but it's so beautiful and so powerful that it really has crossed over to many other Christian churches. We sing this in our Baptist church! Do you sing this in your church? Join us f...

What a wonderful Savior! What a wonderful hymn! Are you familiar with this one? We do not have it in our hymnals and we've never sung it in church. It came highly recommended from a Twitter follower and now we LOVE it! It is a FULL hymn, acknowledging all that God has done for us, and then praising Him! Listen, laugh, and SING along! This episode features some other pretty impressive hymns by...

This episode was recorded LIVE at the First Baptist Church in Reading, MA. Every once in a while we get the opportunity to present a Hymn Talk Twin Talk message during a worship service. We are grateful for these opportunities! You can hear our other LIVE episodes when we talked about I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day on episode 46 and then again, on episode 55 with Beneath the Cross of Jesus. Th...

The poetic language and pleasant melody make this hymn a favorite of so many people. In fact, we heard this as a request from several Hymn Talk Twin Talk listeners! We are so happy to be diving into Come Thou Fount this week and we are so thankful that we get to talk about it with Brittney Boatman, host of the podcast Trust Falls and High Kicks. Brittney talks about her own podcast, her life as a...

Take Time To Be Holy! Written by two fascinating individuals, we hope you that this hymn stays with you for a while. Its text is a wonderful reminder to spend time with the Lord and its tune is lovely, peaceful, and pleasant. THANK YOU to Gary and Linda for bringing this hymn to us. If you'd like to hear a certain hymn on Hymn Talk Twin Talk, please let us know! We love hearing from our listen...

THANK YOU for finding Hymn Talk Twin Talk. We hope you enjoy learning about this old hymn that made its way to America all the way from Liverpool. The words are by a Catholic nun named Sister Mary Xavier. She wrote this as a poem for her students while at the Training College of the Sisters of Notre Dame in Liverpool. The music is by an American musician named Horatio Palmer. We are so grateful to...

Knowing all that God has done for us, this question just rings so true.... How CAN we keep from singing? This hymn, also known by its first line, My Life Flows on in Endless Song, was written by a Baptist minister named Robert Lowry. Christian Author, Kara Hunt, brought this one to our attention and she is even on today's episode to talk about it. Kara is also talking about her brand new book,...

He Leadeth Me O Blessed Thought.... and what a blessing it is to think about God taking us by the hand, leading us, and feeling His presence! This hymn came in as a request from our dear friend, Barbara. She remembers sitting in the church pew, sitting at her mom's side, hearing her sing this song. Hymns can bring such comfort and reassurance, they can remind us of God's love and faithfuln...

Episode 57 is HERE! We were a little late with its release because of some technological difficulties, but we are so excited that it's finally ready. You have some AMAZING music to listen to in this episode! We've curated this playlist for you all from some of our favorite episodes, collaborating with some wonderfully talented Christian musicians. Their web sites are listed below, so pleas...

Here is a BONUS episode that we hope you will all enjoy. Instead of diving deep into one hymn this week, we are speaking with Mal Pope about hymns in general and our journey into podcasting. Mal Pope is the host of Faith, Hope, and Love, a radio show on Premier Christian Radio, based in the United Kingdom. We loved sitting down with him to chat about hymns. You can hear more of Mal Pope's show...

Happy Resurrection Day to our Hymn Talk Twin Talk family! We are so excited for you to hear this episode. How much do you know about this hymn and its author, Elizabeth Clephane? You will notice that this is a shorter episode than what we usually do. We actually presented this episode LIVE to our church family on Sunday, April 10, 2022. You will hear us singing in a trio with one of our church fam...

O Sacred Head Now Wounded.... Originally a Latin poem from the 1200's, a tune was added, then translated to German, re-harmonized by a famous Baroque composer, and eventually translated to English... we finally see this poem in American hymnals after the year 1829. This hymn took quite the journey to get to us and it's all focused on Jesus's crucifixion. His journey to the cross was th...

Do you have songs you sing every year during Lent? Do you have hymns that are only sung during Holy Week and not during any other times of the year? This hymn, commonly referred to as Lead Me to Calvary, but also known as King of My Life, I Crown Thee Now has been a Holy Week staple in our church for years. We are so grateful that we got to dive into this one, learning about a female text writer w...

Taken right from the Bible, these words are powerful, encouraging, and TRUE! The poet, John Yates, had such a way with words that when our composer, Ira Sankey, read his poems, he immediately recruited him to write gospel songs for the tent meetings that he and Dwight Moody were running all over the United States and abroad. These two men were quite a pair writing many gospel hymns together, but F...

Welcome to Episode 51! We are so excited for you to hear this episode! We love getting requests from our listeners, especially when it gives us the opportunity to research a hymn that we really didn't know before! Do you sing The Little Brown Church in your church? Did you sing it growing up? Do you know about the actual brown church in Bradford, Iowa? We dug deep into this song and into the c...

It's the big one! It's 50! We are celebrating this podcasting milestone with a SUPER SIZE episode with a special interview, TONS of music, and a spectacular HYMN CANDLE promotion. PLUS... an AMAZING HYMN! Great Is Thy Faithfulness is about 100 years old and STILL totally relevant for today. Listen to this episode to learn ALL about it. Here are links to all the music that you hear in this...

We love getting requests from listeners and we are so thankful that Linda from Virginia brought this hymn to us. It's been awesome diving into another Charles Wesley hymn. Use our NEW hashtag - #hymnlegend - and let's get Charles Wesley trending! Do you know the hymn, Jesus, Lover Of My Soul? Some people say it's Wesley's BEST! It's published in close to 3,000 hymnals, so we th...

What a way to start 2022! Our first episode of the new year is all about praying for wisdom, guidance, and strength, and promising to put God first in all things. Our friend Emily requested this hymn and we are so thankful we got to learn about it. From St. Patrick in the year 433 to the churches of Ireland in 2020, we see that this hymn has a timeless message. Many hymn that utilize the old-fashi...