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Post by M. Hawbaker on Dec 31, 2020 22:57:49 GMT
(RNS) — In 2020, we celebrated holidays at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We worked at home, attended school at home, even attended worship services at home.
Many Christians also turned to hymns for comfort at home, according to Hymnary.org.
Users of the online database doubled as the novel coronavirus closed many church buildings this spring, and the website now is nearing 40 million page views for 2020, its highest ever.
“I do think that this time we’re in when everything is turned upside down makes everybody search for meaning, opens them up to the presence of God, looking for ways to express their spirituality, so there are more people searching for such things,” said Harry Plantinga, a professor of computer science at Calvin University and founder of Hymnary.org.
“There are also just the people who aren’t going to church to worship. They’re worshipping at home and they need the resources.”
Hymnary.org is an online hymn and worship music database for worship leaders, hymnologists and music lovers, featuring more than 1 million hymns.
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Post by barb43 on Dec 31, 2020 23:32:52 GMT
Wow! What a wonderful data base. I like the idea of 'representative texts' being included. That way, if you're used to an older version & that's not what you find, you can select that, and more versions will be displayed. You'll probably find what you're looking for. I tried that idea out with Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. The first version, and probably more popular today, didn't have the same 2nd verse that I was used to, but when I looked at other texts, the 2nd version had what I was used to. The musical score is also included.
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