1934–

Introduction

portrait

Biography

Keithahn gra­du­at­ed from Carle­ton Col­lege, North­field, Min­ne­so­ta, in 1956. A Unit­ed Church of Christ min­is­ter and church edu­ca­tion spe­cial­ist, Keith­ahn was liv­ing in Ra­pid City, South Da­ko­ta, as of 2014.

She has worked as a cur­ri­cu­lum writ­er-ed­it­or, jour­nal­ist, and lyr­i­cist for mu­sic­al dra­mas and an­thems.

She is a Life Mem­ber and for­mer board mem­ber of the Chor­ist­ers Guild, Life Mem­ber of the Hymn So­cie­ty in the Unit­ed States and Ca­na­da, and a mem­ber of Am­er­ican So­cie­ty of Com­pos­ers, Au­thors and Pub­lish­ers.

Works

Lyrics

  1. Are You the One? They Asked Him
  2. As of Old God Pro­mised Us
  3. This Is the Way I Long Have Sought
  4. Be Pre­sent, God of Love, Draw Near
  5. Church Is Our Safe Ha­ven, The
  6. Come Away with Me to a Qui­et Place
  7. Come, Praise God for Faith­ful Peo­ple
  8. Come to the Ta­ble, Sin­ner and Saint
  9. Emmanuel, Who Walked Among Us Here
  10. Faith Is Pa­tience in the Night
  11. Father Came to Je­sus, A
  12. God Calls Us to Wor­ship with Glo­ri­ous Sounds
  13. God of Ev­ery Gen­er­a­tion
  14. Good Friends, Re­joice, Be Glad and Sing!
  15. Good Shep­herd, Our Lead­er, Pro­vid­er, and Guide
  16. Great God of All, We Sing Your Praise
  17. Holy One of Is­ra­el, The
  18. In Mat­thew’s Gos­pel There Are Five
  19. Jesus Sang to Fish­er­men
  20. Joyful God of Youth and Child­ren
  21. Kind Heart of a Wo­man Failed, The
  22. Kingdom We In­her­it­ed, The
  23. Let Songs of Thanks­giv­ing
  24. Like An­cient Peo­ple on a Quest
  25. Like Mi­ri­am Who Danced to Praise
  26. Long-Lost Lamb Is in the Fold, A
  27. Mother Lined a Bas­ket
  28. On Christ­mas Eve We Ce­le­brate
  29. One Ho­ly Night in Beth­le­hem
  30. One Was Old, An­oth­er Bar­ren
  31. People Came From Ev­ery­where, The
  32. Pipe a Tune and Beat the Drum
  33. Sing of a Sta­ble Built on a Hill
  34. Spirit-Child Je­sus in Joy­ful Re­frain
  35. Spirit, Fall­ing Like a Dove
  36. There Is a Need for Shep­herds
  37. Time Now to Ga­ther
  38. Up to the Tem­ple One Fine Day
  39. We Praise You, God of All Cre­ation
  40. We Sang Our Glad Ho­san­nas
  41. We Thank You for Mu­sic In­vit­ing Us Here
  42. We Walk To­day in Dark­ness
  43. Wedding Guests Were Wait­ing, The
  44. When Cain Killed Abel in a Fight
  45. When It Seemed That Love Was Dy­ing
  46. When Je­sus Was a Re­fu­gee
  47. When Je­sus Was in Be­tha­ny
  48. When Peo­ple Learned of Je­sus Christ
  49. When Qui­et Peace Is Shat­tered
  50. When the World Is Babb­ling ’Round Us
  51. When We Are Blind to the Judg­ment of Love
  52. When We Are Called to Sing Your Praise
  53. When We Lose a Child or Par­ent
  54. Where Li­lies of the Field Once Bloomed
  55. Widow of Zar­e­phath Town, A
  56. Your Spi­rit, God, Moves Us to Pray

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