Music

When From Death I'm Free: A Hymn Journal for Holy Week

Music to Accompany a Hymn Journal

As you sketch, draw, color, read, meditate, and pray your way through this hymn journal for Holy Week, you might want a soundtrack for your faith walk. All of the hymns and songs in the book are available below in one format or another.

The selection here is meant to support your exploration, but not limit it. You prefer big brass? Great! Do a little searching on iTunes or YouTube and see what you come up with! Want more of an "unplugged" feel? Perfect! Search for hymns for guitar.

Maybe you want to pick a different version every time you go to engage the book. Try something new and see what works. Find a setting that speaks your heart language. Then listen to one or two you don't like as well. What's the difference? Why did it matter? What did you learn from the settings of the songs you liked least? Most? How can music become part of your faith experiment?

If you don't have a copy of the book yet, click below:

1. What Wondrous Love Is This

C. Brooke Orozco and Brendan Knorp created a new twist on this old classic: listen here.

Or download the Lead Sheet.


2. On That Morning

Download the Lead Sheet.

You can download the music from Amazon:

3. Ride On, Ride On in Majesty

The version I like best is actually a YouTube video: watch here.


4. The King Is Calling

Download the Lead Sheet.

5. Go to Dark Gethsemane

The Hymnal Project has an arrangement available for free: listen here.

Or download the Lead Sheet.


6. Thieves on a Cross

Download the Lead Sheet.

7. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

The Hymnal Project has an arrangement available for free: listen here.

Or download the Lead Sheet.


8. The Dignity of the Cross

Download the Lead Sheet.

9. Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted

The Hymnal Project has an arrangement available for free: listen here.

Or download the Lead Sheet.


10. This Dust

Download the Lead Sheet.

11. I Know that My Redeemer Lives

The Hymnal Project has an arrangement available for free: listen here.

Or download the Lead Sheet.


12. We Will Rise

Download the Lead Sheet.

YouTube Play List

Most of these songs are also available in a variety of versions on YouTube. Here are some of my favorites.