Advent with Stu g Day 22
O Come O Come Emmanuel
This song is probably the most well known advent carol.
Ian Cron mentioned it in his guest blog on 8th December, and my friend Steve Stockman (Stocki) a Presbyterian minister from Belfast Northern Ireland wrote about it on his blog, Soul Surmise. Here’s a part of what he said:
“Over familiarized, this old carol may seem benign BUT this is a subversive prayer! I guess it depends where you are. If you are a child soldier in some ugly war then bring it on! If you are under strict military regimes and yearn for freedom bring it on! If you are living in the middle of destitute township Africa’s injustice in trade and fairness to clean water and cheap drugs then bring it on!
BUT… if you are in the pampered west living in decadent luxury at the cost of so many then this is a dangerous prayer. Are we ready for “the first made last and the last made first…” Are we ready to serve rather than Lording it? Are we ready for when the poor and the meek take over?”
If you want to read more go check Stocki’s blog out HERE
There are many versions of this carol around and I’ve just added my own to the list.
I’ve tried to create a sense of longing with the guitar…
Hope you enjoy it!
3 more sleeps
Advent with Stu g Day 4
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
This is a new version of this old carol that I produced and recorded a few weeks ago. The lovely people at praisecharts.com asked for some new versions of old carols with fresh refrains added. My publisher, Holly Zabka from Essential Music/SonyATV, asked Tony Wood and myself to write some new bits, then i got to work on creating simple tracks with the idea that they are accessible to worship teams to use in the run up to Christmas.
This is 1 of 4 songs that we did and they can all be found by clicking here along with the lyrics, chord charts and sheet music.
have a great day!
