EVERYTHING WE GOT

Everything we got —
you give us! Everything we got —
you made! Everything we got —
teach us to care for it,
teach us to share. [repeat chorus]

1. Thank you for giving us the water,
thank you for giving us the land.
Though it's a complicated order,
everything moves just like you planned.

2. You make the lightning and the thunder —
electric power in the sky.
Each tiny cell in every creature —
how do you make them multiply?

3. Thank you for food and drink and shelter,
thank you for all that we receive.
Thank you for healing our diseases —
help us to live as we believe.

1999. On Wednesday, February 3, a fax came from St Stephen's reminding me that the service on Feb 14 (which I was co-ordinating) was going to be a Harvest Thanksgiving service, and including the readings for the day. As I was hanging out the clothes soon after, this song started to take shape, the chorus and verse 1 just made up in my head (the best way to do it), the other two verses on paper after I'd played it through with the guitar.

30.9.24

Back from a Break

During September, Dorothy and I travelled
to Norway and the UK.

After long flights
- Adelaide to Melbourne,
Melb to Dubai (14 hrs),
Dubai to Oslo (7 hrs) -
we did Norway in a nutshell
from Oslo to Bergen, then
the Hurtigruten Cruise
up the west coast of Norway
and back again.
Then an 8 day Trafalgar tour
and 4 days in London,
before taking the direct flight
(16 3/4 hrs)
from Heathrow to Perth.
We're a bit tired (!) but we'll still be a part
of the LWA convention and the
General Convention .

See some of you there.