274. You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
Text Information |
First Line: |
You, Lord are both Lamb and Shepherd |
Title: |
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd |
Author: |
Sylvia G. Dunstan (1984) |
Meter: |
8.7.8.7.8.7 |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
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Topic: |
Christian Life; Christian Year: Transfiguration; Christian Year: Good Friday; Dying in Christ; Guidance; Jesus Christ: Ascension and Reign; Living in Christ (4 more...) |
Copyright: |
© 1991 GIA Publications, Inc. |
ONE LICENSE: |
46901 |
Tune Information |
Name: |
PICARDY |
Meter: |
8.7.8.7.8.7 |
Key: |
d minor |
Source: |
French melody, 17th cent. |
Notes: |
(alternate harmonization, 347) |
Text Information:When it was first published, the author called this text “Christus Paradox,” because so many attributes of Christ stand in tension with each other. Mindful of the works of Søren Kierkegaard, she drafted it on a commuter bus after “a particularly bad day” of prison ministry.