"Wake, Now, My Senses"--Hymn of the Month, April 2007

This month's hymn is "Wake, Now, My Senses," with words by Thomas J.S. Mikelson (1936-), and a traditional Irish tune, harmozied by Carlton R. Young. According to Between the Lines:

Mikelson, born in Iowa, is a Unitarian Universalist minister. He has served congregations in Iowa City, Iowa, and Brookline and Dedham, Massachusetts, and is serving the First Parish Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This hymn was written for the ordination and installation of Charity Rowley as minister of religious education in the First Parish Church of Arlington, Massachusetts.

Mikelson retired in 2006 as minister of First Parish. He has written and lectured extensively about the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., including an article in the UU World entitled "Martin Luther King Jr.'s Demanding God.

UUP sang this beautiful hymn at our Covenanting Sunday in October 2002.