Everyone Gets to Play
Simon here: This is the final song that we recorded almost by accident a couple of weeks ago. I wrote it some time back in 1999. Once we got the music out everyone joined in. The song is about God being our refuge, our strength, our rest, our hope… our everything. The song was revived… Continue reading Be My Place of Safety
We popped around to visit Simon and Cheryl and gave them some encouraging news. Simon was playing a ditty on the guitar and he had a few words. We sang together and the rest of us put in some contributions. By the time we had drunk some tea we had the song. This recording happened… Continue reading Hope is Rising
Last week as we got up in the morning Tanya, my wife, and I were chatting about how early mornings when you are half asleep can be filled with great hope and also sometimes confusing and even dark moments. I had said good bye to her and she went to work. I had some time so… Continue reading Early Morning
This song is hopefully the new start of song writing in Hamilton, New Zealand. Simon had an idea and Tanya and Ian added some lyrical ideas. We wanted to keep it really un-religious and so, accessible to everyone. Simon laid down a very quick version – playing a Baby Taylor guitar. The version is so… Continue reading Hope is Rising
This is a short poem that I wrote sometime back. It is about how going forward in this uncertain life requires some light; often not as much as we would like, but enough. Word version of The Dim Light The Dim Light pdf version of The Dim Light The Dim Light rtf version of The Dim Light The Dim Light
After “eating” at the wrong table (fulfilling Godly needs with unGoldly “food”) I felt inspired to write this. I kind of imagined the feeling of being alone and in a new and different environment instead of an old familiar but stale one. Last night we watched an old episode of the TV program “MacGyver” where… Continue reading My Old Jacket
Well, it’s been a long time since I have posted anything at all…. The result of moving towns and changing jobs mostly. Here is a short story. It’s about how our hearts are like mandarins. Well, mostly they are like muscle and so quite different to a fruit and not really the same size or… Continue reading A Shrivelled Heart
This song was written in 2012 by Andrew Gould. He was reading Psalm 63 and so he figures that really the words aren’t exactly his. He did a recording of it sometime back, but then rewrote the tune; this is the new version. Andrew is on vox and his Larrivee acoustic, Tanya plays keys, Ian… Continue reading My Soul Will Be Satisfied (Psalm 63)
We felt that that we needed to proclaim the love of God for all people. We were aware that many people do not experience this love and find God absent and distant. We were worshiping and praying that the people would really know the reality of this love. We ended up doing: How he loves… Continue reading Rumours of Worship – 6 November 2010
Jesus Alone Chord Chart (pdf) Jesus Alone Chord Chart (Word doc) This song was written as I thought about Jesus’ death and resurrection and His claims that if you had seen Him you had seen the Father. Further to this is the opening of John’s gospel – ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the… Continue reading Jesus Alone
