If angels somehow descended on Midtown Manhattan, it might sound a little like the choir at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, who can make any hymn or anthem sound new — even though some are a few centuries old.
But if you think hymn writing’s a lost art, you’ve never met the Gettys.
This isn’t Christian rock — it’s a modern-day hymn, a song meant to be sung by a congregation in church.
Keith Getty’s a composer, or more accurately, a hymnist.
“Did you always know you wanted to write hymns?” asked Smith.
“No,” said Getty. “Before that I wanted to play football for Liverpool. But then I realized I wasn’t that good. But I wanted to write something that was a little bit more, a little bit deeper, have a little bit of a different voice.
“My joke with all my preacher friends is that if they finish a good sermon, the people go out singing the last hymn. And if they do a really bad sermon, people go out singing the last hymn. So it really doesn’t matter what they say!”
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Hymn Writing Not A Lost Art, Thanks To Keith and Kristyn Getty was originally published on praisecleveland.com
