Here we are, just a few weeks after the launch of the album. It’s so exciting seeing the impact the songs are having on peoples’ lives – do get in touch through the website to share your stories!

In the days of rehearsing and recording, we as a band had a number of beautiful God moments. Probably the most precious memory was when for each of us, the truth of the song Stay impacted our hearts, all at the same time. There was only one appropriate response – we each lay down where we were to take time to simply ‘be’ in the presence of the relentless and beautiful lover of our souls. That sealed the deal for the title track, with a massive bright yellow heavenly highlighter, a holler of ‘YES!’ from the heart of God. This was much to the relief of some friends who feared an element of truth in my comment that the album’s working title was ‘Let’s go kill some orcs!’ Marginally better than ‘Stuff Mordor’ but neither quite captured the essence of the whole as ‘Stay’ does!

I was able to tell some of these stories at the pre-launch gig, which was also a chance for me to present the songs with more of a performance vibe than I would when leading worship. I miss performing … and had a blast. A local photographer gave his time and skill to capturing the event – here are a few memories – thank you Alastair Currill. Do contact him if you need a photographer – he did a great job!

More posts to follow shortly, picking up on some of the artwork that accompanies some of these songs on YouTube. Every picture tells a story!