21 Tuesday Feb 2012
13 Monday Feb 2012
Posted in Bible, Maddie Prior
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Yesterday’s reading from St Paul – 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 – always reminds me of this hymn, this version sung by the ever wonderful Maddy Prior.
24 Thursday Nov 2011
Posted in Kieran Goss
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If it wasn’t for All Saints AGM tonight, I would be off to St Andrew’s by the Green to see Kieran Goss who I had not even heard of before Sunday evening when he was supporting Eddie Reader.
Not only can he play that guitar and sing, he is also entertains with his craic, but then again maybe there will be some good craic at the AGM, one never knows.
12 Saturday Nov 2011
Posted in Music
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It’s been a while since Hubby and I have been to a concert but last night saw an end to our musical dry spell.
Over the years the quality of support acts have grown and now my expectations of them are quite high, so Lee MacDougall had a lot to live up to and live up to it he did. When he stepped out from behind the mike and sung to hushed concert hall without any amplification he showed just what a talented singer songwriter he is as his voice filled the Glasgow Concert Hall without any sign of straining. His set of songs could have easily come off any charting album, he just needs that break through song to make the jump to being the headline act.
As good as Lee turned out to be we hadn’t taken a trip into Glasgow on a wet Friday evening to see him it was Rumer. Her voice and style has captivated me this year and I really wanted to see her live. Despite having only the one album out as yet she and her fantastic band filled the next hour with a mixture of her own songs along with hits from Elton John, Carol King, Joni Mitchell to name a few. We also got a sneak listen to a few tracks from her new album (February 2013 expected release) which is a host of less familiar covers from some big named boys from the 70′s. For parts of the evening I just sat back closed my eyes and floated away on the ripple of her voice. If you have yet to discover Rumer’s soulful jazzy sound then here’s your chance.
03 Sunday Oct 2010
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Thank you Lord for all your blessings
for the food that we enjoy.
We give thanks for those who harvest
all whom sea and land employ.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven.
Feed us now and evermore.
Feed us body, mind and soul.
Through the seasons you are with us
sunshine’s warmth and cooling rain.
Year on year, we harvest plenty
wine from grapes and bread from grain.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven.
Feed us now and evermore.
Feed us body, mind and soul.
In our fertile world of bounty,
all creation sings your praise.
Teach us how to be good stewards
of your Word and gifts always.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven.
Feed us now and evermore.
Feed us body, mind and soul.
Help us Lord to remember
those who struggle to survive.
We have plenty they have little
we should share what you provide.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven.
Feed us now and evermore.
Feed us body, mind and soul.
Sung to the tune Cwn Rhondda
22 Monday Feb 2010
Posted in All Saints - Bearsden, Easter, Lent, Music
I have been living the evocative whole 45 minutes of this John Tavener music over the past weeks, the more I hear and work with it the more it seeps into my soul. Have I just discovered it you may be wondering, is that why the haunting cello strings are echoing through the Rectory? Well what I have recently discovered is that a member of the congregation who plays cello with the Scottish Opera is prepared to play it on Easter Eve as part of our Vigil with a difference. Although we wont technically be in Lent by then this music has already become a wonderful companion for me during Lent, and so I offer it to you as another way of also journeying through this season.
All Saints The Protecting Veil for Easter Eve will be on April 3rd at 7.30pm.
07 Sunday Feb 2010
Posted in All Saints - Bearsden, Music
When I was at St Mark’s we were blessed with two people who could play the organ and when they weren’t around there was always the back up system of pushing the buttons. At All Saints we are blessed in a different way.
The Organist had an opportunity to join her Husband, who plays with the SNO, in Paris for the weekend, so understandably she grabbed it. The question was how where we going to fill the gap, well we could have got hold of a very fine organist indeed, however it was decided that rather than using him on this occasion we should use the talent right here among us. We are fortunate indeed in having a large number of professional musicians in the congregation so ‘Angel Voices Ever Singing’, among other things, was accomplanied by a string quartet, while elsewhere the melodic tone of the clarinet drifted out over the congregation. Thank you all of you for sharing your gift of music with us this morning.
If you would like a glimpse at what you missed then why not come along next Sunday at 1pm when some of our musicians will be putting on a concert to raise monies to go to Haiti.
28 Monday Sep 2009
Posted in Music
It is surprising how used to a hymn book you get, and assume that hymns that are hardly the latest off the press will be in the new hymn books you get presented with in a new congregation, the reality was that they weren’t. The joy of discovery sometimes runs aground on the most surprising of things, and after Sunday’s readings giving warning about us not being a stumbling block to others in their journey with Christ, the decision has been reached and agreed upon that a CCLI is in order.
26 Friday Jun 2009
Posted in Music
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For a generation born in the 80′s that question will end with Michael Jackson died.
He might not have always got it right, he might have been on the mad side of eccentric, he might have been led astray by those who weren’t so much concerned with him as with his wealth and fame and he definitely made mistakes – after all he was human.
Yet, despite all that, and maybe because of some of it, his music moved the world and opened doors that have never been shut again.
His plastic surgery was a cry to be accepted. throughout his life, extreme actions screamed out ‘please love me.’ He knew from living it out that money couldn’t buy happiness. His life was sad, as is his death, and it is somewhat ironic that the mountains of debt he was in could very well be wiped out by the royalties of his records played on radio stations and TV channels around the world today.
My prayer is that today Micael Jackson may at last know peace in the knowledge that he is loved and accepted and always was, by God.
14 Saturday Mar 2009
Posted in Mama-Mia, Music, Saint Mark's - East Kilbride
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Okay I know it is Lent and some of you might be shocked?
Last night we sang, we danced, ate hot dogs and some of us even drank wine, while the hits of ABBA blasted out as we watched Mama-Mia. A good night was had by all, even the couple of men who turned up, feather boas abounded as those aged 7 and 70 strutted their stuff. Who said Lent had to be all sack cloth and ashes?
02 Monday Mar 2009
Posted in Music
The great Dusty died 10 years ago today.
16 Monday Feb 2009
Posted in Pink Panther 2, The Bird and The Bee, The Virgin's Lover
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‘The Virgin’s Lover‘ is another gem of a historical novel by Philippa Gregory. I enjoy reading historical biographies but I also enjoy a good novel, Philippa Gregory mixes the two with such effortless ease.
I heard a snippet of a track by ’The Bird and The Bee’ on the radio and decided to buy their album ‘Ray Guns are not Just the Future’ I am glad I did, although their tendency not to end songs but to just repeat the chorus until they finally fade it out started to grate a bit. The track ‘Lifespan of a Fly’ is getting added to the list of songs to be played as people sup champagne after I am buried.
Pink Panther 2 – don’t bother – nuff said!
