Over the last two days I’ve updated each of the sections on my YouTube channel “A minute a day to pray” and thought it was a good time to encourage more views! I started the channel in January of this year, aiming to put a one minute video up each day with a Bible readingContinue reading “28/11/21: please check out my YouTube channel!”
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20/11/21: Hallelujah!
I’ve long been a fan of Leonard Cohen’s extraordinary song, “Hallelujah!” It’s particularly, I think, the tension between the word ‘Hallelujah’ and the mournful, haunting tune. And Cohen’s voice itself is astonishing low, I’ve tried to sing at his register and it literally hurts to do so. As one combined package it really is amazing.Continue reading “20/11/21: Hallelujah!”
7/11/21: in honour of ‘Psalm Praise’
‘Psalm Praise’ was published in 1973, much at the same time as I started as a child chorister at the church where my father was a young vicar (senior pastor). The front cover is remarkably unassuming: As its name suggests, it is mostly settings of Psalms, including a small number of Anglican chants, most ofContinue reading “7/11/21: in honour of ‘Psalm Praise’”