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Short Name: | Dan Damon |
Full Name: | Damon, Dan, 1955- |
Birth Year: | 1955 |
Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty World (Nashville, 2002), Fields of Mercy (Carol Stream, 2007), and Garden of Joy (Carol Stream, 2011). He collaborated with text writer Gracia Grindal in A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns Series A (Colfax. 2012). Damon's hymns have been included in several major hymnals and supplements. He has also written hymn translations from Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Shona languages, and, with Patrick Matsikenyiri, edited Njalo, A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African Tradition (Nashville, 1996). He has released three recordings of hymns, carols, and traditional songs, and a solo piano recording of jazz standards (available at www.damonstuneshop.com).
Damon has presented his work at national conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.
In 2016, Damon was made a Fellow of the hymn Society, the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer.
Dan Damon
Texts by Dan Damon (94)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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A babe was born, a little one | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
A blood red rose reminds us still | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
A rabbi sat against a wall | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
A woman stood accused | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu (There's no one in this world like Jesus) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 4 |
All people need a home | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
An evergreen is like a prayer | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Ariko narani (He is there forever) | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | Shona | 2 |
As at Pentecost you came | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
As children, we may learn to love | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Ashraf, Ashraf, city of suffering | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Asking for a cup of water | Dan Damon (Author) | 5 | |
Baba tino tenda (God, we thank you) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Beside the great cathedrals | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Blessed is the body and the soul | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author) | English | 2 |
[Blessed Is the One] | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
By grace we grasp a thread of hope | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Can you see the living Christ | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Companion of the poor | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
[Dear Jesus, as God's Love Expressed] | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Deus chama a gente pra'um momento novo | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Portuguese, Spanish | 1 |
Elijah bent and touched the earth | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Eternal Christ, you rule | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | 4 | |
Fair wind and the sky is clear | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Give thanks for wolf and bird | Dan Damon (Author) | 2 | |
God, help the weary travelers who follow their star | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
God of every tribe, every language | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
God shapes and forms us from the dust | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
God, we praise you for the women | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | 2 | |
God, when rain uncovers what it cannot wash away | Dan Damon (Author) | 2 | |
God, you are like a place remembered | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Guide my canoe, Spirit Wind | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
He will never let go my hand | Daniel Charles Damon (Author (sts. 2-3)) | English | 2 |
Hope is a light | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Hope of the Earth: your blessings are abused | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
I have called you by your name, you are mine | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 6 |
I saw an angel in the road | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
I will not always walk this earth | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
[If I Take the Wings of the Morning] (Damon) | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
If we run from you | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
In the stillness of this hour | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
In this new moment we can hear God calling | Dan Damon (Translator) | English | 2 |
Jesus calls us to follow him | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus laughed out loud | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, live in us | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, Partner, Lover, Friend | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, we come to the table | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, you fill our hearts with your love | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Joseph, son of an ancient king | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Justice like a river, flowing to the sea | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Kune vanotenda (To the holy people) | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | Shona | 2 |
Kutadza kani | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Kuti ndisine (If I'm without love) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Lead us to still waters | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
like a child love would send | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 8 |
Like a flowing stream | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Living Christ, bring us love | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | 2 | |
Love knocks and waits for us to hear | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author) | English | 3 |
Love us into fullness | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Mambo Jesu achiwoneka (If the Lord would appear before me) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Mercy, peace, and love be yours | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Miromo kudyisa (Our mouths are for preaching) | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Mwari wakaziiva kutihatizo nzwani (God knows we will not have harmony among us) | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Mweya M'tsvene, Mweya M'tsvene (Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
My child is a flower | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | Chinese, English | 2 |
Namuranza, nzamuranza (Glory to God, glory to God, glory to God, There is no one) | Dan Damon (Translator) | English, Xitswa | 2 |
Ndai wona hama (I have a good friend) | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete (It's Jesus, it is Jesus alone) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 1 |
Ngarikudzwe zuva iro anomuka | Dan Damon (Translator) | English, Shona | 3 |
Night of peace | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Not with Naked Eye | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author) | English | 3 |
Open hearts and open doors | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Out of joy and out of need | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Pano handiwo musha (This is not our homeland) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Planter of gardens, Sender of rain | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Pray for the wilderness, vanishing fast | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 3 |
Prayer is the cry of the heart to a mystery | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Remember the Rock that bore you | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Samuel, Samuel, I am calling | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Shadow and Substance | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 4 |
Siyathandaza, siyanikela (Always we pray, always we give) | Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Sometimes we wait, expecting God | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Speak to a tattooed man | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Spirit of Christ, remember me | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Strong, Gentle Children | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 4 |
The bread and the wine are here | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | 2 | |
This is my body Naked before you | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Together we serve, united by love | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 4 |
True faith needs no defence | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
True union is a gift of God | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author) | English | 2 |
Vanomirera Jehova (Those who wait upon the Lord) | Dan Damon (Translator (English)) | English, Shona | 2 |
Welcome, Jesus, you are welcome | Daniel Charles Damon (Author) | English | 4 |
When listening prophets dare to speak | Dan Damon (Author) | English | 2 |
Woman, weeping in the garden | Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author) | English | 4 |