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A Core of Silence

A core of silence breathes beyond all words

Author: Jim Reilly
Tune: TRUE RELIGION
Published in 1 hymnal


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Author: Jim Reilly

Jim Reilly was born in 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Universalist churches in New Jersey and Syracuse, NY. He wrote a number of hymns while Director of Music in the 1980's at First Universalist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but the others have never entered a published hymnal. He is currently (2023) Music Director Emeritus at Mindekirken, Minnesota's only remaining Norwegian language church. Reilly is a tenor, pianist, composer, and sometime poet. Jim Reilly Go to person page >

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First Line: A core of silence breathes beyond all words
Title: A Core of Silence
Author: Jim Reilly
Meter: 10.8.10.8
Language: English
Copyright: © 1986 Jim Reilly
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Singing the Living Tradition #286

Singing the Living Tradition #286
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