Let All Mortal Flesh is now available on major streaming sites or for download from iTunes.
It came out in November in time for advent but our website was down. Subscribe to Robb and Ruth Sutherland for future releases – we are working on some of our original songs.
RIP Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A genuine modern legend who truly had an impact upon the world and brought about change for the better. Someone who gave gave us a glimpse of the Kingdom of God, a hope of a world in which people are created equal and not trapped by the structures society places them into.
When I met Desmond Tutu, I had been ordained about five minutes. I was a young guy with long hair who spent most of his life answering the question “are you really a vicar?” On the day of my ordination I wasn’t even sure my own bishop thought I was suitable. I imagined him going along the line, putting his hands on the other candidates heads, getting to me and skipping me in the line.
Read moreRuth and I penned this as a Christian response to living through the pandemic. It was part of Resound Worship‘s 12 Song Challenge. It is to the tune “Aberystwyth” which is very familiar to many congregations – you may know it as Jesus Lover of My Soul.
Ruth and I have been writing lots of new songs this summer. Yesterday she said “this tune reminds me of something”. When I pointed out what it reminded me of, we fell down a rabbit hole setting Last of the Summer Wine as a hymn tune. The best we came up with was a harvest hymn we found on the internet but we can’t find an author for it.
