A song of darkness and hope set against the backdrop of Good Friday
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David Cottrell, Matt Osgood and Worship Song Recording
Written to reflect the start of a teaching series in 2018, where from Genesis 1:26-28 & 12:1-3 we saw how God wants to bless us and how we can locate ourselves in a place to receive or hinder these blessings so they overflow to bless those around us.
I wanted to write a song which recognised the busyness of life, and the doubt and uncertainty many people experience. This was inspired by Jesus’ words from Matthew 10. Keiko Ying and Dave Forrey from the Resound Worship "12 Song Challenge" gave a lot of help with lyrics.
This simple prayer for help and commitment was written for the 2024 12 Song Challenge. I deliberately tried to keep the melody and language very simple, so that it could be sung by people of many ages and reading abilities. The wonderful Chloe Rose provided vocals.
A song of blessing inspired by the ‘May the Lord…’ sayings in Psalm 20, and Celtic songs of bands such as The Electrics. The vocals are by the lovely Stephen Sloss.
A different spin on WWJD with a touch of Zydeco and a Newfoundland ugly stick thrown in for good measure! The newest version of this fun song for the younger crowd with an environmental message as well!
This song was written in a time wherein I was so overwhelmed by grief that I couldn’t write songs anymore. Someone mentioned I could ask my pastor for a theme to write about. My pastor immediately knew: Romans 15:13. I studied Romans, read it in all translations I could find and then wrote this song. A song of hope when I felt no hope at all. But when I sang it to and in our church, I found I could sing it along very well. Now I hope this song will bring hope to others.