Joy Patterson is one of several contemporary women hymn writers whose hymns are included in recent hymnals. In fact, no fewer than six women writers have had their works collected and published in the past few years (see box on p. 29). On the pages that follow Joy Patterson introduces her own work and that of three other living female hymn writers.
Songs for the Season
Parable of the Lost Coin
Parable of the Lost Sheep
Parable of the Prodigal Son
Women
September 1, 1996
