You help make Hymnary.org possible. More than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources and encouragement on Hymnary.org in 2025, including you. Every visit affirms the global impact of this ministry.

If Hymnary has been meaningful to you this year, would you take a moment today to help sustain it? A gift of any size—paired with a note of encouragement if you wish—directly supports the server costs, research work and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org
Calvin University
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for your partnership, and may the hope of Advent fill your heart.

We Are God's Work of Art (Somos la Creación de Dios)

Hymn on ONE LICENSE

When we were dead in sin (Cuando en pecado morimos)

Author: Marty Haugen; Translator (Spanish): Donna Peña
Tune: [When we were dead in sin]
ONE LICENSE: 01657
Published in 2 hymnals


Representative text cannot be shown for this hymn due to copyright.
See page scan previews below.

Author: Marty Haugen

Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepar… Go to person page >

Translator (Spanish): Donna Peña

(no biographical information available about Donna Peña.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When we were dead in sin (Cuando en pecado morimos)
Title: We Are God's Work of Art (Somos la Creación de Dios)
English Title: We Are God's Work of Art
Author: Marty Haugen
Translator (Spanish): Donna Peña
Language: English; Spanish
Refrain First Line: We are God's work of art (Somos la creación de Dios)
Copyright: © 1991, GIA Publications, Inc.

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Gather Comprehensive #808

RitualSong #901

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.