Sail Away Sweet Sister
This is all about God, prayer, community, music, art, poetry, theology, love and all sorts of things people run into on their life journey, especially when the second half of life is looming ahead. It is inspired by Fr Richard Rohr, by the Contemplative Outreach of Fr Thomas Keating, by C.G. Jung, by C.S. Lewis, Alan Watts, St Beuno's retreat house and all the communities I have a privilege to belong to. It is dedicated to and I hope will be used by my nearest and dearest, scattered all over the planet, and who are falling upwards with me.
Where do you find all this music, M! This is sad, fractured music, holding itself in place like a thin strand of spiderweb that may give way if the wind is too strong. I love the guitar accompaniment. One of the five chords I know is very similar.
ReplyDeleteYes - Piers Faccini is a fine musician. What moves me beyond words here is the line "trembles in thanks // as he drinks from the cup". The shadows are deep, and the cross is looming ahead; yet he "trembles in thanks", accepting it all as an incomparable gift... So poignant.
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