Staff Picks September 13, 2020

We Asked Our Staff To Curate A Set Of Songs That We Could Listen To This Week.

Pastor Kyle recommends:

Paul Stookey had written the song on a midnight flight between Peter, Paul and Mary concert dates in San Jose and Boston setting out to write a song for Yarrow’s wedding which would convey Stookey’s Christian convictions while respecting Yarrow’s Jewish faith.

According to Stookey “the melody and the words [of “Wedding Song”] arrived simultaneously and in response to a direct prayer asking God how the divine could be present at Peter’s wedding.” Believing he could not take personal credit for composing “The Wedding Song”, Stookey set up the Public Domain Foundation which since 1971 has received the song’s songwriting royalties for charitable distrubution.

Cindy Henderson recommends:

I’ve been waiting for Ephesians to appear in our daily reading - I really like this song about grace. Make sure you listen through the La-De-Da’s. It makes me smile.

Jim Palmer recommends:

While I am not necessarily a classical music guy, I love this incredibly beautiful poem by Sara Teasdale and composition by Eriks Esenvalds, sung by the Trinity Chapel College Choir. It seems the last 7 months have caused me to look back in time to memories of childhood and youth. Love the artistic beauty of this song.

Follow this weekly Spotify playlist for more music recommendations from our Worship Pastor, Wade.