New Music for Christmas

Kurt Neuswanger • Dec 01, 2023

You will hear a lot of new Christmas songs on KJOL again this year. We have at least 20 new songs for this year, along with 50 (yes, fifty!) songs we added last year!

 

Here’s some of the new additions:

 

Prince of Peace

Celtic Worship

Celtic Worship is a collaboration of Christian Scottish musicians

 

“Messiah take the crown here in my heart

I’ll drop everything and run to you

Spend my life declaring this good news

Glory to God, Glóir a bhith dhut”

 

Because of Bethlehem

Matthew West

Inspired by the book of the same title by Max Lucado

 

“From a child in a cradle, to a king upon a cross

He knew the road was leading Him, To pay a crimson cost

And when no other arms could carry, The weight of all our sin

He took the fall and it happened all, Because of Bethlehem”

 

Hope Is Here

Alive City

Alive City is the youth worship band at Metro City Church at Detroit

 

“Thank God for heartbreaks, and how they tend to bring me to my knees

Cause maybe that's where I'm supposed to be

Let the earth rejoice, as heaven draws us near

On that starlit night, Your love shown crystal clear

From a baby's cry to Your arms stretched wide, Hope is here.”

 

Ring Them Bells

Ben Fuller with Jonathan Traylor

Ben Fuller, after recovering from drugs and alcohol, moved to Nashville to be a country singer. Instead he met Jesus and now shares his testimony in his songs. Jonathan Traylor is a gospel musician from Dallas. This song is loosely based on “Carol of the Bells.”

 

“Gather round far and wide

Every nation, tongue and tribe

Hear the call and lift your eyes

I hear 'em ringin', Hear 'em ringin”

 

Light Has Come

Sarah Kroger

Sarah Kroger is a Catholic worship leader and songwriter with Integrity Music

 

“What a wonder, God is moving, All around us, Lift your eyes

In the darkness, Of this weary world, Hope is starting to rise

God is with us, Behold His son, Dawn of glory, Light has come”

 

Go Tell It (Gloria)

Matt Maher

Co-written by Matt Maher and Dwan Hill, a songwriter with Integrity Music (he wrote “Believe For It” by CeCe Winans)

 

“Over the hills and everywhere (Go tell it on the mountain)

The heart of the Father has heard our prayer (Go tell it on the mountain)

Joy to the world, praise to the Lord, The Savior is born

Over the hills and everywhere, Go tell it on the mountain”

Share The Light Tips of the Day

By Dave Andrews • 04 Apr, 2024
Our annual Spring FriendRaiser is underway for the month of April; and as a part of that, our theme this year is Share The Light. As you share the Gospel and the Light of Christ, KJOL has compiled 30 tips for every day of the month. Here they are:

Songs that say THANK YOU!

By Kurt Neuswanger • 04 Apr, 2024
During KJOL’s April “Friendraiser” month, we want to say THANK YOU to our faithful supporters. And THANK YOU to everyone who makes a first-time donation. And finally THANK YOU to God, the giver of all good gifts in our lives, starting with Jesus Christ! KJOL has a lot of new songs that say THANK YOU. I hope you enjoy them! That Thank You Song! Citizen Way Thank God Stars Go Dim Thank You Life.Church Worship I Thank God Housefires Thanks Giver Crowder Thanks and Praise Lucy Grimble and Vineyard Music A Thousand Thank Yous Sarah Kroger Thankful VERSES Thank You Jesus For The Blood Charity Gayle

Four More New Artists

By Kurt Neuswanger • 07 Mar, 2024
In January, we told you about four new artists at the KJOL music blog . This month, we have four more new artists. Jordan Smith “This Is Jesus” Jordan Smith is a 30 year old Kentucky native who grew up singing in the church choir. In 2015, he won NBC’s The Voice. He sang “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and "Mary Did You Know." Natalie Layne “Amen” Natalie Layne is a 24 year old Colorado Springs native, where she was a worship leader at New Life Church. She received a masters degree in piano from Belmont University in Nashville. In 2019, she won Belmont’s Christian Showcase. She continues to serve as a worship leader at her church in Nashville. Terrian “Big God” Terrian (Woods) is a singer/songwriter from Memphis. She is also a member of TobyMac's band Diverse City. And she serves on the staff of AngelStreet in Memphis, which mentors girls as part of an all girls choir. Seph Schleuter “Counting My Blessings” Seph Schlueter ( pronounced “seff shleeter”) spent 7 years as a missionary. In 2020 he formed the worship collective Damascus Worship, in conjunction with the organization “Damascus” which conducts two-year programs to develop leaders who will impact their generation for Christ with the aim of bringing revival to the Catholic Church.

Oh The Many Repairs...

By Dave Andrews • 04 Mar, 2024
He had noticed we had been off the air on 94.5 FM in Delta…and I related to him it was one of “those” weekends for our poor equipment. Not only did our AM 1400 Delta transmitter go down causing us to make a very expensive replacement only weeks before, but our FM transmitter in Delta went down at the same time as our Montrose 91.9FM transmitter, and only hours after our whole network went down across the Western Slope!

February Update

By Dave Andrews • 05 Feb, 2024
The other day a kindly woman knocked on my door asking for a donation to help build the local swimming pool. I came back with a glass of water. Doesn’t it feel great to give to a good cause??

"How Great Thou Art" 75th Anniversary Edition

By Kurt Neuswanger • 31 Jan, 2024
The English version of the hymn “How Great Thou Art” turns 75 years old in 2024. To mark the anniversary, a new recording has been released, including a brand new verse by Matt Redman. First a little history… Swedish pastor Carl Boberg wrote the original lyrics in 1885. Boberg said that after a strong thunderstorm passed by, he opened his window and heard church bells ringing. He immediately was inspired to write his poem, set to the tune of a Swedish folk melody. It was translated into Russian, where English missionary Stuart Hine heard it while in Ukraine in 1931. He wrote two new verses (3 & 4) and translated it into English in 1949—which is the 75 th anniversary. British missionaries around the world soon began to spread the song. Eventually it reached Billy Graham and George Beverly Shea , who performed it during Graham’s 1957 New York Crusade. The audience liked it so much, they asked Shea to sing it over and over. Graham then used it every week on his Hour Of Decision radio program. Fifteen artists have now collaborated to record the 75th anniversary edition, called “How Great Thou Art (Until That Day)” . When you hear the song on KJOL, the first two voices are from Chris Tomlin and Hillary Scott . The remaining voices include: Kari Jobe and her husband, Cody Carnes Naomi Raine (Maverick City Music) Taya (formerly with Hillsong) Blessing Offor (from Nigeria) Matt Maher (who also plays piano) Matt Redman For the 75 th anniversary, the Stuart Hine Trust commissioned Matt Redman and Mitch Wong to write a new fifth verse: Until that day When heaven bids us welcome, And as we walk this broken warring world, Your kingdom come, Deliver us from evil, And we’ll proclaim our God how great You are! And we’ll proclaim, our God how great You are Redman said they wanted to tie the verse to Stuart Hine’s work in Ukraine, especially in light of the current conflict there. “I wanted the word ‘war’ in there,” said Redman . “It’s kind of a gritty word. But we have to sing about both the everyday and the eternal.” Time will tell if the fifth verse becomes a staple in hymnals. But few will argue that “How Great Thou Art” is one of America’s favorite hymns. And with this new rendition, hopefully it will continue to be loved by future generations.
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