For The Institute of Contemporary and Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s University, Essentials Blue online Worship Theology course with Dan Wilt.
When I think back over the course one of the things that stands out to me is God’s passionate pursuit of us down through history. He is questing for us, he is determined to reconcile and restore us to “life to the full”.
In this I can feel the force of his personality – his emotion, his passion, his intent etc. The image for me is of a voice, through time, lamenting our brokeness, moving and acting to rescue humankind.
For my project I combined this idea with the image N.T. Wright uses of awkening (1). As people respond to the good news it is if they wake from sleep to become fully alive.
The song is written from God’s view which is something I was/ am very hesitant to do because – well, how can you possibly presume to write something that even approaches expressing the heart of God. So, I attach the disclaimer that this song is written from within the limitations of my understanding of God’s heart.
Also, Like Nik, I’m not used to creating to deadlines so I really feel that this is unfinished as is and could do with a lot more work.
I had some trouble finding somewhere to upload this song the best I could come up with is to put it here. Where you’ll have to click on the mp3 and then click the download button. Sorry for the inconvenience.
1) N.T. Wright. Simply Christian, Chapter 15. SPCK 2006.
Bob,
Solid job on the project. The call to awake is indeed at the core of the human need – the need for God, to see who He is, who we are, and what this world is. Thanks for this, big guy.
I love your mind and the way it works. Thanks for the creativity that draws in the sciences and the micromechanics of a glorious universe.