1947–2024

Introduction

portrait

Born: No­vem­ber 21, 1947, Wash­ing­ton, DC.

Died: December 26, 2024, Clare­mont, Ca­li­for­nia.

Biography

Ruth was the daugh­ter of Jes­se Tho­mas Duck and Lou­ise Farm­er.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All the Earth Is a Tem­ple
  2. Arise, Your Light Is Come!
  3. As a Fire Is Meant for Burn­ing
  4. As Grain on Scat­tered Hill­sides
  5. As Pants the Deer for Liv­ing Streams
  6. Call Is Clear and Sim­ple, The
  7. Called by Christ, You Built On the Bed­rock
  8. Christ Is the Truth, the Way
  9. Colorful Cre­at­or, God of Mys­te­ry
  10. Come and Seek the Ways of Wis­dom
  11. Come Now, You Bless­ed
  12. Come, People of the Liv­ing God
  13. Come, Sing to God with All Your Heart
  14. Creative God, You Spread the Earth
  15. Diverse in Cul­ture, Nat­ion, Race
  16. Ghosts Are Walk­ing!
  17. Give Thanks to God Who Hears Our Cries and Saves
  18. God, How Can We For­give?
  19. God, My Help and Hid­ing Place
  20. God, Re­place My Sto­ny Heart
  21. God, We Thank You for Our Peo­ple
  22. Healing Riv­er of the Spir­it
  23. Holy Wis­dom, Lamp of Learn­ing
  24. How Good It Is, What Plea­sure Comes
  25. I Will Go Wher­ev­er God Calls
  26. In Christ Called to Bap­tize
  27. In So­li­tude, in So­li­tude
  28. Prayers
  29. Jesus Took the Bread, Dai­ly Gift of God
  30. Lead On, O Cloud of Pre­sence
  31. Living Spir­it, Ho­ly Fire
  32. Moved by the Gos­pel, Let Us Move
  33. My Heart Sings Out with Joy­ful Praise
  34. Now Bless the God of Is­ra­el
  35. Now I Have New Life in Christ
  36. Now Let Your Serv­ant Go in Peace
  37. O God of Match­less Glo­ry
  38. O How Deep Your Ho­ly Wisdom!
  39. O Ra­di­ant Christ, In­car­nate Word
  40. O Sons and Daugh­ters, Sing Your Praise
  41. O Spir­it, Spring of Hid­den Pow’r
  42. Out of the Depths, O God, We Call to You
  43. Praise God, the Source of Life and Birth
  44. Pray for a World Where Ev­ery Child
  45. Rejoice in God, All Earth­ly Lands
  46. Remember and Re­joice
  47. Rooted and Ground­ed in One Lov­ing Source
  48. Sacred the Bo­dy God Has Cre­at­ed
  49. Sleep, Ho­ly Child, Now Hid Away
  50. Take Cour­age and Trust Your Cre­at­or and Friend
  51. The Earth and All Who Breathe
  52. There Is a New Heav­en
  53. To God Com­pose a Song of Joy
  54. Walls Mark Our Bound’ries and Keep Us Apart
  55. Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daugh­ters
  56. We Can­not Own the Sun­lit Sky
  57. When God Re­stored Our Com­mon Life
  58. When the Wind of Win­ter Blows
  59. When We Are Test­ed and Wres­tle Alone
  60. When We Must Bear Per­sist­ent Pain
  61. Where the Wa­ters of the Jor­dan
  62. Why Stand So Far Away, My God?
  63. Wildflowers Bloom and Fade
  64. Womb of Life, and Source of Be­ing
  65. You Are Called to Tell the Sto­ry
  66. You Shall Draw with Glad­ness

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