Oldhippie:

I must say I'm middling on McDade. She's done a couple of nice ones (Peace like An Everflowing Stream) but I loathe Spirit because 1. The tune is weepy, 2. the words aren't MY theology, and 3. as a UU, I hate anyone telling me that I have to like something, and way too many UU's have this presumption that we all love Spirit Of Life. I also once read an interview with CM who came across to me as incredibly and baselessly self-important, an impression confirmed to me by an acquaintance who actually knows her. Beyond that, our hymnals are full of unsingable dreck written by people who seem to be in possession of compromising photos of the editors. Haven't heard the other piece you mentioned, but I look forward to hating it. Most chants and rounds are to choral music as puns are to humor.