Dan Damon

Dan Damon
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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 (93)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Woman, weeping in the gardenDaniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author)English4
When listening prophets dare to speakDan Damon (Author)English2
Welcome, Jesus, you are welcomeDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English3
Vanomirera Jehova (Those who wait upon the Lord)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
True faith needs no defenceDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Together we serve, united by loveDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English4
This is my body Naked before youDan Damon (Author)English2
The bread and the wine are hereDaniel Charles Damon (Author)2
Strong, Gentle ChildrenDan Damon (Author)English4
Spirit of Christ, remember meDan Damon (Author)English2
Speak to a tattooed manDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Sometimes we wait, expecting GodDan Damon (Author)English2
Siyathandaza, siyanikela (Always we pray, always we give)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Shadow and SubstanceDan Damon (Author)English4
Samuel, Samuel, I am callingDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Remember the Rock that bore youDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Prayer is the cry of the heart to a mysteryDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Pray for the wilderness, vanishing fastDan Damon (Author)English3
Planter of gardens, Sender of rainDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Pano handiwo musha (This is not our homeland)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Out of joy and out of needDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Open hearts and open doorsDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Not with Naked EyeDan Damon (Author)English3
Night of peaceDan Damon (Author)English2
Ngarikudzwe zuva iro anomuka Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona3
Ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete (It's Jesus, it is Jesus alone)Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona1
Ndai wona hama (I have a good friend)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Namuranza, nzamuranza (Glory to God, glory to God, glory to God, There is no one)Dan Damon (Translator)English, Xitswa2
My child is a flowerDaniel Charles Damon (Author)Chinese, English2
Mweya M'tsvene, Mweya M'tsvene (Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Mwari wakaziiva kutihatizo nzwani (God knows we will not have harmony among us)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Miromo kudyisa (Our mouths are for preaching)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Mercy, peace, and love be yoursDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Mambo Jesu achiwoneka (If the Lord would appear before me)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Love us into fullnessDan Damon (Author)English2
Love knocks and waits for us to hearDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English3
Living Christ, bring us loveDaniel Charles Damon (Author)2
Like a flowing streamDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
like a child love would sendDaniel C. Damon, 1955 (Author)English8
Lead us to still watersDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Kuti ndisine (If I'm without love)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Kutadza kani Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Kune vanotenda (To the holy people)Dan Damon (Translator (English))Shona2
Justice like a river, flowing to the seaDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Joseph, son of an ancient kingDan Damon (Author)English2
Jesus, you fill our hearts with your loveDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Jesus, we come to the tableDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Jesus, Partner, Lover, FriendDaniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author)English2
Jesus, live in usDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Jesus laughed out loud Dan Damon (Author)English2
Jesus calls us to follow himDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
In the stillness of this hourDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
If we run from youDan Damon (Author)English2
[If I Take the Wings of the Morning] (Damon)Daniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
I will not always walk this earthDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
I saw an angel in the roadDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
I have called you by your name, you are mine (Tu sais...je t'ai apppelé par ton nom)Daniel Charles Damon (Author)English, French4
Hope of the Earth: your blessings are abusedDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Hope is a lightDan Damon (Author)English2
He will never let go my handDaniel Charles Damon (Author (sts. 2-3))English2
Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu (There's no one in this world like Jesus)Daniel Charles Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona4
Guide my canoe, Spirit WindDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
God, you are like a place rememberedDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
God, when rain uncovers what it cannot wash awayDan Damon (Author)2
God, we praise you for the womenDaniel Charles Damon (Author)2
God shapes and forms us from the dustDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
God of every tribe, every languageDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
God, help the weary travelers who follow their starDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Give thanks for wolf and birdDan Damon (Author)2
Fair wind and the sky is clearDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Eternal Christ, you ruleDan Damon (Author)3
Elijah bent and touched the earthDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Deus chama a gente pra'um momento novo Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Portuguese, Spanish1
[Dear Jesus, as God's Love Expressed]Daniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Companion of the poorDan Damon (Author)English2
Can you see the living ChristDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
By grace we grasp a thread of hopeDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
[Blessed Is the One]Daniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Blessed is the body and the soulDaniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author)English2
Beside the great cathedralsDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Baba tino tenda (God, we thank you)Dan Damon (Translator (English))English, Shona2
Asking for a cup of waterDaniel Charles Damon, 1955- (Author)4
Ashraf, Ashraf, city of sufferingDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
As children, we may learn to loveDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
As at Pentecost you cameDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
Ariko narani (He is there forever)Dan Damon (Translator (English))Shona2
An evergreen is like a prayerDan Damon (Author)English2
All people need a homeDan Damon (Author)English2
A woman stood accusedDaniel Charles Damon (Author)English2
A rabbi sat against a wallDan Damon (Author)English2
A blood red rose reminds us stillDan Damon (Author)English2
A babe was born, a little oneDan Damon (Author)English2
In this new moment we can hear God callingDan Damon (Translator)English2
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