Dr. Lyn Loewi, Associate Organist on Re-Valuing Women Hymn Writers - June 11, 2023

Re-Valuing Women Hymn Writers—Women have always been making sacred music, but they are underrepresented in our hymnals. Their contribution lies in the stories they tell from the margins, away from the narratives of dominant power. In this talk, our own Lyn Loewi will look at the poetry women have brought to our understanding of the Sacred. From the 9th-century Greek Orthodox nun Kassia to newly written hymns, women have expanded our language for God, remembered the stories of biblical women, and spoken for other discounted voices in society. Lyn Loewi is Associate Organist at St. John’s and also President of the Women’s Sacred Music Project, started in Philadelphia in 1995 to honor the 20th anniversary of the ordination of women.