The Mindful Year

Hymns for the seasons of the Church’s year

The Mindful Year is a developing collection of hymn texts shaped by presence, gentleness, and the quiet noticing that marks mindful spirituality. Each volume explores a different season of the Church’s year, offering hymns that invite worshippers to slow down, breathe, and encounter the holy in the ordinary rhythms of life.

Rooted in contemplative practice and attentive to the lived experience of neurodiversity, these hymns bring a fresh, compassionate voice to the liturgical seasons—from the stillness of Advent to the long green stretch of Ordinary Time.

Current Volume

Hymns for the seasons of the Church’s year

“The changing seasons of the Church invite us not simply to remember the story of Christ, but to live it afresh—slowly, prayerfully, and with attentive hearts.”

About the Series

The Christian year offers a rhythm of prayer that has shaped the Church for centuries.

From the quiet expectancy of Advent to the joy of Easter, from the fire of Pentecost to the long green weeks of Ordinary Time, each season invites us to encounter Christ in a different way.

The Mindful Year is a growing series of original congregational hymns following that rhythm. Written for worship within the Anglican tradition, these collections seek to offer fresh words for ancient seasons—rooted in Scripture, shaped by the landscapes of Ireland, and attentive to the quiet holiness of everyday life.

Gentle in tone and contemplative in spirit, these hymns invite congregations to slow down, breathe deeply, and discover God’s presence within the changing seasons of faith.

Published Volume

Hymns for Christmastide

Cover of "The Mindful Year: Hymns for Christmastide" by Michael McFarland Campbell

The first volume in the series explores the mystery of the Incarnation through hymns of wonder, tenderness, and hope.

Drawing upon Scripture and the landscapes of Ireland, these texts celebrate the coming of Christ with language that is singable, prayerful, and attentive to the ordinary places where God continues to dwell among His people.

Suitable for congregational worship, choirs, schools, chaplaincies, and personal devotion.

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The Turning Year

The series is intended to accompany the Church through every season of its worship.

Forthcoming

  • Advent
  • Lent
  • Holy Week
  • Easter
  • Pentecost
  • Ordinary Time
  • Saints and Holy Days

As each volume is published, the collection will grow into a companion for the whole liturgical year.

Singing the Seasons

These hymns have been written with parish worship in mind.

Most are set in familiar metres and paired with well-known hymn tunes, making them accessible for congregations without requiring new music. Each seeks to remain faithful to Scripture while speaking in fresh language for today’s Church.

Whether sung by a cathedral choir or a small rural congregation, they invite worshippers to discover the changing seasons of the Church with renewed attentiveness and hope.

A Note from the Author

These hymns grew from a simple conviction: that the Church’s year is not merely something to observe, but something to inhabit.

Many were first shared through NeuroDivine before being gathered into these collections. Along the way they have been shaped by parish worship, the rhythms of daily prayer, and the quiet spaces in which much of my writing has taken place.

If they help congregations to sing the Gospel with fresh joy, or encourage individuals to pray more deeply through the changing seasons of the Christian year, they will have achieved their purpose.

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