‘Tis the Season
One of the sad things about self-publishing is that you tend to write Christmas music at the wrong time of year to be useful. For example, during the Christmas season.
God Will Provide a Lamb; and a cantata finally finished
Last night was a landmark for me… I actually finished something. Something big. And complicated. And boy am I patting myself on the back!
For the earth is the Lord’s…
Thanksgiving. And an arrangement of “This is My Father’s World.”
It’s a good thing they recycle those youth themes… ;)
The new song this time supports this year’s youth theme:
“…stand ye in holy places and be not moved …”.
I love it when a plan comes together.
For as long as I have known Heather Prusse and James Loynes, I have wanted… longed… ached… to get their voices together on a song or two. Finally, with this latest new song, we managed it.
Light and Shadow
He knows the strength that grows in shadow when I’m reaching for the light.
“The Lord is My Shepherd” revisited
I love James Montgomery’s lyric inspired by the 23rd psalm. I’ve never been too fond of the traditional tune though. It has always provoked me to bounce around between alto and soprano, searching for a melody. So, I did what cheeky composers do and wrote my own.
Because You Prayed for Me: A Fire Song
When wildfires send you running for cover, it really *does* help to have people praying for you.
Lyric’s Lyrics, and Lyric’s Melody
Stars… lilies… sparrows… sheep… God is mindful of all of them, knows them by name, cares for each one–from the largest and brightest to the very smallest.