about
Jeremy Moore is an artist and singer-songwriter in Birmingham, Alabama. His work explores the tension between preserving the past and innovating for the future. Through his study of classical music, he developed a deep appreciation for hymnology and liturgy and for how their linguistic depth and historical roots shape Christian worship.
From that rootedness, Pillars (2018), an album of reimagined hymns, was born. Through text painting and careful arrangement, classic hymns like Love Divine, All Loves Excelling, Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners and How Firm a Foundation come to life for modern worship contexts.
His collaboration with Shades, an indie worship band, explores the other side of the same coin. Their album, Wanderings (2022), pushes the boundaries of corporate worship language and sonic expression within the walls of the church.
Jeremy continues to explore the relationship between historic hymnody and contemporary songwriting. His 2025 release, Deepest Valleys / Come Now My Soul, explores how the Psalms shape expressions of lament and praise through modern hymnody.
PILLARS
an album of reimagined hymns
DEEPEST VALLEYS /
COME NOW MY SOUL
Lord, I’m found in deepest valleys;
Pain and sorrow clothe my frame.
Do You see my desperation?
Will You hear me call your name?
Yet, You’ve told that You’re sovereign,
And that all Your ways are good.
Even in the constant questions,
I know that I’m understood.
Christ, You are the sure foundation,
Where upon my life is built.
Never wincing at my doubting,
In my stirring You are still.
You are patient in your promise,
Even if I plan my way,
Oh, remind me in the waiting,
You are truer still today!
Lord, I’ll wait for your returning!
Until then, O let me be,
Faithful while my soul is longing,
For my King, the Prince of Peace.
Let Your will be done in Heaven,
Here on earth and down below.
Lead me on to greener pastures,
Until Heaven is my home!
Sing, Sing to the Lord all of the earth, praise now his Name the Glorious Father, light for the darkness, Provision of Heaven, the dawn of new day /
Lift, Lift up your heart all of its parts, the fragmented pieces find in Him hope, find in him rest, find in him peace, fountains of joy /
Come now my soul sing praise, Great is the Lord, great are his ways /
Give, give up your sorrows gritting your teeth, holding too tightly trade them for better, trade them Jesus, trade them heaven, the smile of His peace /
I will lift my heart, lift up my soul, to the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords! /
“MY PERFECT WORLD”
jury duty, BB guns, and monsters under my bedPortrait in blue painter’s tape courtesy of Marty Balencie.
This essay was written for The Cathedral Church of the Advent’s Magazine No. 2 Fall 2016 Edition: The Creativity Issue