Joyful, Illuminating, Nerdy: A Conversation with Bradley Kauffman about Hymns and the Voices Together Hymnal

About this episode

The MennoBrarians discuss hymns and the Voices Together Hymnal with project director Bradley Kauffman.

This week the MennoBrarians are joined by Bradley Kauffman, who was the project director for the Voices Together Mennonite Hymnal (aka "the purple hymnal") that was published in 2020. We chat about hymns and hymnals, the hymnal selection process, modern hymn writers / composers and much much more. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If you want to help support the podcast financially, please c...

People in this episode

Host: The MennoBrarians

Guest: Bradley Kauffman

Topics covered

• hymns
• hymnals
• Mennonite music
• modern hymn writers
• music selection process

Keywords

• hymns
• Voices Together
• Mennonite
• hymnals
• music
• Bradley Kauffman
• modern composers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voices Together Mennonite Hymnal

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