Week 9 – Bly in my
This week I wrote a prayer song or Taize-like short repetative song that is based on John 15 where Jesus said we should remain in Him to bear fruit. The beautiful verse that follows that is where Jesus says he loves us like the Father has loved him. What a comfort that is in a time such as this. The words are from Jesus’ perspective so it’s more of a ministry moment song or for personal worship.
The challenge of this type of song is to keep it simple. I like to write it with a little climax in the second part of the verse that provides contrast, but traditionally Taize songs are just one or two short sentences that repeat.
The recordings of the songs started to become a project on its own each week, so I’ve decided to keep it simple this week. With work starting again after summer holidays and kids not in school yet, free time is not so easily found. This week I just used the “iTalk” app on my iPhone which I use to make quick recordings of ideas. It has settings for sound quality and I find that it is generally better recordings than when you just use the standard voice notes app on your iPhone.
