I did a complete review of the green Lutheran Book of Worship which was published in 1978. My Father, a Lutheran Pastor, tracked when he chose each hymn. The hymn he chose the most was Let Us Break Bread Together with 57 dates. I want to list some of the most popular hymns below. But before I do that, I want to comment on the wonderful gift of Music which these hymns provided me growing up. Every Sunday for most of my 18 years at home I heard and sang all of these hymns. When you look at the hymns, they convey a very positive and loving message to a young person.

Just a couple more notes/thoughts. First, I was brought up with the Lutheran Book of Worship Red Hymnal. That was published in 1958 the year I was born. However, most of the songs above were in both books. The time period for the hymns is 1978 to 1994 or 16 years.

I knew a kind older gentleman named Lester Berry in the 1970’s and 80’s. He was a great friend of my Grandfather Melvin Peterson. When we visited Lester, he would bring out his Methodist Hymnal and we would sing great songs from the Methodist tradition which has great Music. There are massive amounts of wonderful church/religious music in the world.

Look up some of the above hymns and experience the healing power of the words and music.