In recent years a number of people have asked me why I would ever get involved with creating a hymnal. Among the many comments I received were these:
	"Aren’t hymnals a thing of the past?”
	“There are so many new songs. Why would we sing those old, irrelevant ones?”
	“This is the digital age. Why get stuck with a book that’s out of date the moment it’s printed?”
	“Why would a contemporary/modern church ever buy a hymnal?”