Ken Medema

Ken Medema
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Short Name: Ken Medema
Full Name: Medema, Ken, 1943-
Birth Year: 1943

Ken Medema (born December 7, 1943 as Kenneth Peter Medema in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a composer–singer–songwriter who has been performing in the United States, Canada, and Europe for more than thirty years.

Ken Medema was born almost blind; his eyes let him tell light from shadow and look at outlines of major objects. He began playing the piano when he was five years old, and three years later began taking lessons in classical music through braille music, playing by ear and improvising in different styles.

In 1969, he majored in music therapy at Michigan State University in Lansing, studying both piano and voice. Afterwards he worked as a music therapist in Fort Wayne, Indiana and later at Essex County Hospital in New Jersey.

In 1973, he began performing and recording his own songs. His lyrics generally provide social commentary on themes such as justice, hunger, poverty, homelessness, and Christian charity as it pertains to them. He has published a total of 26 albums, the first of which he recorded for Word and Shawnee Press, and then went on to found Brier Patch Music in 1985. Through Brier Patch Music he organizes and schedules his events, as well as publishes his music.

Performances regularly include songs improvised both musically and lyrically by accepting audience recommendations, sermon topics, or guest speaker stories as their basis. He performs in national and worldwide (church) congregations, campuses, youth gatherings, and annual assemblies. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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Texts by Ken Medema (15)sort iconAsInstances
All my life I've sung a jealous songKen Medema (Author)3
Come, let us reason togetherKen Medema (Author)5
Giving to you gratefullyKen Medema (Author (sts.))2
God, I am beaten, battered and bruisedKen Medema (Author)2
God, we give to you our offeringsKen Medema (Author)2
I am the vine, you are the branches, Those who remain in meKen Medema (Author)2
In unity we lift our songKen Medema (Author)4
Fools don't get itKen Medema (Author)3
Let truth and mercy find here Ken Medema (Author)2
Let us see the tongues of fireKen Medema, 1943- (Author)2
Lord, listen to your children prayingKen Medema (Author)17
Out of need and out of customKen Medema (Author)6
Out of the babble that surrounds usKen Medema, b. 1943 (Author)3
Use these gifts to lift the lowlyKen Medema (Author)2
We pray for peace, for peace among the nationsKen Medema, b. 1943 (Author)2