1945–

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 30, 1945, Suf­fern, New York.

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Biography

Troeger was edu­cat­ed at Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut (BA cum lau­de, 1967); Col­gate-Ro­ches­ter Di­vi­ni­ty School, Roc­hes­ter, New York (BD 1970); Dick­ins­on Col­lege (STD 1993); and Vir­gin­ia Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (DD).

He was or­dained in both the Pres­by­ter­ian and Epis­co­pal de­no­mi­na­tions.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. As a Chal­ice Cast of Gold
  2. As Ser­vants Work­ing an Es­tate
  3. Before the Fruit Is Rip­ened by the Sun
  4. Before the Tem­ple’s Great Stone Sill
  5. Beyond the Press and Pull of Crowds
  6. Branch That Bends with Clus­tered Fruit, The
  7. Cheering, Chant­ing, Diz­zy Crowd, A
  8. Crown as Your King
  9. Far from the Mar­kets of Rich Meat and Wine
  10. Far More Than Pas­sion’s Pass­ing Flame
  11. First Day of Cre­ation, The
  12. Forever in the Heart There Springs
  13. From Pha­raoh to King Cy­rus
  14. Gangling De­sert Birds Will Sing
  15. God Folds the Mount­ains Out of Rock
  16. God Made from One Blood All the Fa­mi­lies of Earth
  17. God Marked a Line and Told the Sea
  18. God Weeps with Us Who Weep and Mourn
  19. Hands That First Held Ma­ry’s Child, The
  20. Hidden Stream That Feeds, The
  21. Holy and Good Is the Gift of De­sire
  22. How Buoy­ant and Bold the Stride of Christ’s Friends
  23. How Long, O God, How Long?
  24. If Christ Is Charged with Mad­ness
  25. Kneeling in the Gar­den Grass
  26. Leper’s Soul Was No Less Scarred, The
  27. Let All Who Pray the Pray­er Christ Taught
  28. Let the Truth Shine in Our Speak­ing
  29. Listen to the Cloud That Bright­ens
  30. Look Who Ga­thers at Christ’s Table!
  31. Love That Lift­ed Lyr­ic Praise, The
  32. Make Your Pray­er and Mu­sic One
  33. Moon with Bor­rowed Light, The
  34. Neither De­sert Wind nor Sun
  35. No Ir­on Spike, No Gra­nite Weight
  36. O Praise the Gra­cious Pow­er
  37. Our Sa­vior’s In­fant Cries Were Heard
  38. Praise the Source of Faith and Learn­ing
  39. Praise to the Spin­ner Who Twist­ed and Twirl­ed
  40. Sails Were Spill­ing Wind, The
  41. Scantest Touch of Grace Can Heal, The
  42. Seek for the King­dom with All Your Pow­ers!
  43. Seek Not in Dist­ant, An­cient Hills
  44. Sheep Stood Stunned in Sud­den Light, The
  45. Silence, Fren­zied, Un­clean Spir­it
  46. Sing to God as Sings the Ocean
  47. Single Un­matched Stone, A
  48. Soundless Were the Toss­ing Trees
  49. Source and So­ver­eign, Rock and Cloud
  50. Spendthrift Lov­er Is the Lord, The
  51. Star Not Mapped on Hu­man Charts, A
  52. Startled by a Ho­ly Hum­ming
  53. Suddenly God’s So­ver­eign Wind
  54. Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glo­ry
  55. These Things Did Tho­mas Count as Real
  56. Though Ev­ery Sun Shall Spend Its Fire
  57. Through Our Frag­men­ta­ry Pray­ers
  58. To Those Who Knott­ed Nets of Twine
  59. Too Splen­did for Speech but Ripe for a Song
  60. Unless This Day Be Ho­ly
  61. View the Pre­sent Through the Pro­mise
  62. Water, River, Spir­it, Grace
  63. We Have the Strength to Lift and Bear
  64. What Fa­bled Names from Ju­dah’s Past
  65. What King Would Wade Through Mur­ky Streams
  66. When Hea­ven’s Voice Was Still
  67. Why Stare at Hea­ven’s Dist­ant Blue
  68. Wild the Man and Wild the Place
  69. Wind Who Makes All Winds That Blow
  70. With Glad, Exu­ber­ant Car­ol­ings
  71. Word of God Was from the Start, The