14 years ago, we were in St Louis, USA, waiting around for gigs to start. Waiting time often allows some song-writing for me. The theme for the July student service at St Stephen's was 'If I touch your clothes', based on Mark 5. So I wrote the song I blogged about on May 20th.
Thought I'd mention another one, after my eye was caught by the last sentence in the gospel: 'the news about this spread all over that part of the country'. When the Good News Bible was released in Adelaide, Kindekrist (our band) was asked to do a jingle for the TV ad done by the local CTA (Christian Television Association). I wrote something & we recorded it at Peppers in Adelaide. Rod Boucher produced it & helped us a lot with the arrangement. It took all of one and a half hours to record! I thought of it recently & played it a few times on my Maton 12 string guitar (bought a few years later).
A thousand books and papers can’t match one word from you
Your truth is always good news
your news is always true
Out of the silence clouding me,
your voice is loud and clear
With life and love you speak to me
showing me the one who comes to drive away my fear
Your words live through the ages
their music never changes
God’s love is in the pages of the Good News,
Good News
One of the few ads I've done over the years. We recorded it on our 2nd LP 'Father Songs', released in the same month as our twin sons, Jon & Thom.
