For our Sunday night gatherings, we've been taking turns sharing our favorite Psalm. This past Sunday night, Derek shared Psalm 146 with the group. We read it through a few times, pulling out some of our favorite lines and text. Then we did something completely unique. Derek led us in a rapid-fire effort to write a song based on this Psalm. It was a true group effort, as we brainstormed key lines and verses, then assembled them into a song. Chorus, verses and a bridge all came together, making the Psalm into something more than just words on a page. It made it more real, more true.
The following recording is rough (recorded from my phone). The song is unpolished and unedited, and our backup voices don't exactly help Derek and Christiana's wonderful pipes. Still, there was something good in all this. Like Derek says in his closing prayer, "I believe that God is pleased by things like this... when we do it together."
(Derek, please forgive me for posting this without your polish and excellence, and from my hack recording, but I just had to!)
2 comments:
What the heck? First the beach, now you're writing songs...A woman can only take so much envy in one week.
I feel like I was there with you. Good idea recording your time of worship- it gave me a glimpse into day-to-day living among NC SD :-)
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