The word “hymn” usually doesn’t lead to thoughts of “modern,” but modern hymnwriters husband-wife team from Northern Ireland, Keith and Kristyn Getty are trying to change that.
That doesn’t mean they want churches to stop singing the old hymns — just the opposite — but they do want churches to see that modern songs can have a similar lyrical depth.
The husband-wife team from Northern Ireland just released their third CD, “Joy: An Irish Christmas,” and in late November will embark on a U.S. Christmas tour. Christians who have never heard of the Gettys may nevertheless have sung one of their songs, “In Christ Alone,” which was co-written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend.
Baptist Press interviewed the Gettys earlier this month after they sang in chapel at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, Tenn.
The short transcript which follows is both educative and formative: