God of eagles, God of sparrows

Author: Dosia Carlson

Dosia Carlson (b.1930) is an inspiration to differently abled people. A bout with polio shattered her dream of being a missionary in China. After studying at Oberlin College she went on to seminary, was ordained, earned a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh and served on the faculty of The Defiance College. She is founder of DUET, formerly Center DOAR (Developing Older Adult Resources) She lived at the Beatitudes Campus Lifestyle Community in Phoenix, AZ. Among her many awards are Arizona Woman of the Year and the Antoinette Brown Award for outstanding women clergy. She has published two collections of hymns. Her hymn "Egypt Under Pharaoh" is included in The New Century Hymnal (A.Clyde, Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 1995). Mar… Go to person page >

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First Line: God of eagles, God of sparrows
Author: Dosia Carlson
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Publication Date: 1976
Copyright: Copyright 1975 by the Hymn Society of America

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