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Where is the Light this Christmas?
I revised my "blue Christmas song," Where is the Light this Christmas to fix some lyrics and formatting issues. I've replaced all four...


With Broken Heart - A Confession of Sins
This hymn by Cornelius Elven is a well known text that can serve as a confession of sins in a worship service. I added a refrain from...


I Imagine More - Anthem for a new missionary team
A missionary organization I am close to asked me to write another piece for their workers. It is intended to be part of a commissioning...


Our Father, You Are Holy - Lord's Prayer Setting
Here is a new setting of the Lord's Prayer. There ae relatively few settings I've seen that work with a contemporary ensemble yet retain...


Oh, Sing, My Soul, Your Maker's Praise
I just love this Julius Krohn text. On the surface, it is a general hymn of praise. But it is so profound under the surface. This is...


Hymn Collection #1. Free packet of 24 favorite hymns by Josh Birkholz
I've had some requests to create more collections of my hymns to save time searching through the entire site for worship music. This...


My Maker, Be with Me - New Hymn
With all of the changes in my professional life, I was reviewing texts about putting your faith where true comfort can be found. The old...


Welcome, Happy Morning
Introducing a new worship song for Easter. Welcome, Happy Morning is an old latin text Venantius Fortunatus from around 590 AD. It was...


Jesus Christ, Our Lord Most Holy - SATB Good Friday
Here is my first finished piece of 2019. The Good Friday piece is intended for SATB choir and soloist. It could be sung with only piano...


Yesu Ulale - Swahili Christmas Lullaby for Choir
I'm reaching back to Christmas of 1996. I wrote this mass choir piece as a student. The text and melody are from the Swahili hymn book,...
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