what? ANOTHER new cd?
Yes, it’s true! Just 7 months after the release of “Detectives of Divinity” – the “latest and greatest” SmallTall Music release – there’s ANOTHER new CD in the works. How can this be? I’m glad you asked!
We are putting together a “compilation album” of songs drawn from my 5 CDs released over the past 10 years. Brian McLaren and Dave Csinos have written a wonderful introduction to the project, and we look forward to sharing it with a broader audience!
You can pre-purchase the CD here.
This project was sparked in conversation with Dave Csinos, organizer for the “Children, Youth, and a New Kind of Christianity” conference in Washington, D.C. on May 7-10, 2012, which will include speakers like Brian McLaren, Shane Claiborne, the Wallis family, Ivy Beckwith, John Westerhoff, Tony Campolo, and many others. I was delighted to be asked to lead music at the conference and to be one of the co-planners/leaders for the worship times, and in our conversations the idea for this project bubbled to the surface. Of all the songs that I’ve written and released over the past 10 years, what would be the “top 15″ that Dave Csinos and Brian McLaren would want everyone at the CYNKC conference to know and to share with their communities when they returned home?
Well, the selections have been made… we’re calling the compilation “New World Coming,” and it’s available for pre-purchase here… These are the tunes (and their source albums), including a brand new recording of “You’re Not Alone,” with the inimitable Charlene Nafziger on piano…
1) New World Coming (from Detectives of Divinity, 2011)
2) God’s Love is for Everybody (from God’s Love is for Everybody, 2002)
3) Peace Meal (from Detectives of Divinity, 2011)
4) You’re Not Alone (new recording, featuring Charlene Nafziger on piano)
5) I Will Bless You (from A New Heart, 2009)
6) Disciples-In-Training (from God’s Love is for Everybody, 2002)
7) A God Who Makes Friends (from God’s Love is for Everybody, 2002)
Take Good Care (from My Money Talks, 2007)
9) Enough For All (from My Money Talks, 2007)
10) When You Learn to Follow Jesus (You Will Act A Little Strange) (from God’s Love is for Everybody, 2002)
11) Thank You (from Can’t Keep Quiet, 2005)
12) Infiltrating the World (from A New Heart, 2009)
13) No Longer Strange (from Detectives of Divinity, 2011)
14) Peace Be With You (from Can’t Keep Quiet, 2005)
15) Detectives of Divinity (from Detectives of Divinity, 2011) You Can Shine (from Can’t Keep Quiet, 2005)
What do you think? What would YOUR “top 15″ list look like, from the past 10 years of smalltall songs?
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I think the sending song is an absolute must. Although we don’t sing a lot at Douglas, every time we do, everyone sings it easily and well, even people who were not around when you were here.
God bless you in your ministry.
Don
I meant to write … sing it a lot
Hi Don. Thanks for this. It’s nice to know that “Sending Song” is proving to have “staying power” with the community at Douglas. I agree – I think that’s one that is very “congregational-singing-friendly”… too bad it got left off this compilation… sigh… hopefully people who are introduced to my music through this compilation album will still find that song…
Thanks again, and blessings to you as well!
The toddler /preschool vote in our house would include:
Emmaus Road: “Walking, walking”
and God loves a picnic.
I’m a bit sorry not to have those on the compilation. But you can’t do them all I guess.
My daughter would likely say her top two are “I will bless you” and “On the Emmaus Road”, which she calls “the walking song.”