To celebrate the release of the album, ‘Into the Deep’ we are inviting you to respond to the songs with your own creative offerings.
Perhaps there’s a song that inspired you to go and take a series of photographs, or write a haiku, or paint a picture, or create a sculpture. Maybe the song has arrived at a poignant moment in your life and you’d like to tell us about that, or perhaps it has inspired a certain action or way of life that’s new. Whatever it is, we’d love to know about it. Our hope is to publish a companion volume to go with the album, full of your creations, and the stories behind the songs.
So, get creating! Email us at ness@onevoice.org.nz to let us know what you’re doing, or to send us an image that we can upload here in the meantime.
Here is Jordan Redding’s response to “Waiting for the Dawn”:
Liminal Space
We are waiting, Father,
to see your kingdom come
Alone I’m lost and lonely
but gathered by your Son
We will
Walk through the liminal space:
This time of waiting
to see your kingdom come
your Spirit aiding
Walk through liminal space:
the cross behind us
and through your Son, our Lord,
his hope before us
We are working, Father,
to see your kingdom come
Alone my deeds are nothing
so let your Spirit come
so we can
Walk through the liminal space:
This time of waiting
to see your kingdom come
your Spirit aiding
Walk through liminal space:
the cross behind us
and through your Son, our Lord,
his hope before us
Let your kingdom come
On earth as in heaven
in heaven…
So we can…
Walk through the liminal space:
This time of waiting
to see your kingdom come
your Spirit aiding
Walk through liminal space:
the cross behind us
and through your Son, our Lord,
his hope before us
Here’s Cate’s response to the album as a whole:
Fred was listening to ‘How Long, O Lord?’ when he wrote this poem:
Stumbling, falling, moving forward, forward
Darkness snatching, biting blood soaked heels
Miles of cries a journey never ending
Fear overwhelming, suffocating, restricting
Heavenly silence muting the flicker of hope almost gone
Where to where to, how far till You hear
Reaching blindly, eyes burning, tears weeping
How far still to fall before before this ends
Please…….please……hear me
Silence, peace, time stops, steps no more to take
Lie down here too tired to fear
One more snatched breath then time to go
No more cries, no more tears to flow
I am forgotten……
Rowan’s reflections on the song, ‘Christ before me’ can be seen in this image he’s created.
David has been think on the song, ‘Our Father is waiting’ and connecting with it through his gift of poetry (you can read more of his poems and thoughts here).
Where I Wait
You asked where I went
As if you already knew
Here under the willow tree
Is where I wait for you
You felt abandoned
Like you had no clue
Here under the willow tree
Is where I wait for you
Will you come back to me
I can make all things new
Here under the willow tree
Is where I wait for you
Here’s Anna’s incarnation of ‘These hands’ in her world (click on it to see it bigger).
Here’s Adrian’s response to ‘Waiting for the dawn’ via fridge magnet poetry.
If you haven’t got the album yet, or want to listen to it right now, here it is.