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Peter Irvine, ObJN is an Episcopal priest and musician, currently serving as Precentor at Christ Episcopal Church in Waukegan, Illinois. He has written many psalm paraphrases and original hymn texts, as well as hymn tunes. He attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for several years and earned a Master of Divinity from General Theological Seminary in 2002. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee, where he was born and lived until 1982. He plays piano, organ, guitar, mountain dulcimer and tin whistle, and especially enjoys music with a Celtic flavor. He worked with Harry Plantinga beginning in 1993 to create the online editions of Southern Harmony (a 19th century shape-note hymnal) and the 1916 Episcopal Hymnal on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), recording midi files for the more than 350 tunes in Southern Harmony. He also volunteers to enhance the Hymnary.org database, with particular responsibility for hymnals of the Episcopal Church. He enjoys hiking in the mountains, boating on Lake Michigan, and cross-country skiing. He is an oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich, based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, through which he met his wife Janet Collins Irvine, AOJN, a clinical psychologist who serves with him as a cantor and guitarist at Christ Church.

Hymn Texts by Peter Irvine	As
A pharisee went forth alone into the night	Peter Irvine
Blessed are they who shun unwise advice	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
Give praise, you servants of the Lord	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
God's presence fills the whole wide world	Peter Irvine
Her hands cradled the hazelnut	Peter Irvine
I am the Way, the Truth, the Life	Peter Irvine
I bask in the glow of sunset	Peter Irvine
I sing this night a curious birth	Peter Irvine
May God's mercy rain upon us	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
O God, give answer to my plea	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
O God of all reality, whose daylight conquers night	Peter Irvine
O King of mysteries, shall I leave	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
Our Lord was born before all time began	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
Praise God for the gift of darkness	Peter Irvine
The stone the builders threw away	Peter Irvine
To surrender the will, to humble the pride, to be like a little child;	Peter Irvine (Paraphraser)
We praise you God that you have brought	Peter Irvine