Education
Pennsylvania State University.
Pennsylvania State University.
Dalles is known as a prolific writer of texts for hymns. His hymns have been published in hymnbooks used by denominations in the United States, Canada and Australia. He has published three collections of hymns, Come, O Spirit (Educational Ministries, Incorporated), Swift Currents and Still Waters (GIA Publications, 2000) and We Turn To God (Wayne Leupold Editions, 2010).
His hymn texts have also been set as choral anthems by sacred composers john Ferguson, Glenn Rudolph, John South. Dixon, Dorothy Frisch, and others, published by Oxford University Press, MorningStar, Hinshaw, GIA Publications, Selah and Wayne Leupold Editions.
His best known hymns are: "Come, O Spirit", "God Bless Your Church with Strength", "Bless the Ones who Nurture Children", "O God, Behold Your Family Here", and "Make Music for Your Lord to Hear". His 2009 hymn, "God Bless the Work Your People Do" was chosen as the winning hymn in the 14th annual Macalester Plymouth United Church Hymn Contest.
He is a Life Member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.