| Please click on the title to be taken to page containing the full
lyrics, and the story behind the song. In many cases you will find
either a full recording or a backing track, and/or sheet music in pdf
format. |
| A Harvest Hymn | Words by the late Geoffrey Etherington, a good friend of Pett
Methodists when he was alive. I was asked to set these beautiful
words to music. |
| A Prayer | This
tune sort of fell out while I was sitting at the piano, and I always
imagined a silky smooth voice speaking over it (perhaps someone like
Sean Connery or Brian Blessed ... no, maybe not Brian). I have used it
as a setting for extracts from Psalm 39 - one of my favourites - but
you could choose your own words. |
| Amen to that | A light-hearted tribute to my great-grandfather, who was a local
preacher in the Methodist Church for over 60 years. The song also
charts the changing face of worship and lays down a new challenge. |
| Bitsa Rag | An instrumental piece, comprising odd bits originally intended as songs, which never quite made it. |
| Bricks and Mortar | A
song about Hollington Methodist Chapel where, as a child, I first
learned about Jesus. This song was inspired after the chapel was gutted
by fire in 2008. |
| Final Moments | I tried imagining being in the crowd that witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus. |
| Fit to Burst | One of my earliest compositions, expressing a new found enthusiasm for Christ. |
| Food For Thought (or the life and reminiscences of a recently departed and much loved brussel sprout) | Not
a song, but a poem. There is serious message in here somewhere, but I
sometimes wonder quite what planet I was on when I wrote it. |
| Foolishness | 1
Corinthians 1: 18. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to
those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power
of God." |
| I am Judas | Is there any limit to God's capacity to forgive? |
| I Got Christ (what have you got to shout about?) | A catchy song, great for kids (of any age). |
| In All Things, Love | Written for my parents' Golden Wedding Anniversary. A song about commitment, either between two people, or to God. |
| It Matters! | My testimony in music. |
| It'll take a little more than that (to really worry me) | I
suppose you could say that this rock 'n roll number describes my
general approach to life. No specific Christian message, but this
relentless determination to be joyful in all circumstances clearly
comes from somewhere! |
| I wanna see (the light of Jesus shining down on me) | A
prayer for the gift of the Holy Spirit. I like to think that God might
like to tap his feet whilst listening to prayers, and the rock 'n roll
medium makes the prayer no less sincere. |
| I want to follow Jesus | Partly inspired by a story entitled "A Tandem Ride With God". It could easily be sub-titled "Be careful what you ask for." |
| Look for the best | A simple ditty, but containing some excellent advice. |
| Lord Jesus, think on me | Words by Synesius of Cyrene (5th century) set to a new tune by me in 2000. I hope that Synesius would approve. |
| No strangers here | Inspired by a sign outside a pub, but it describes the sort of welcome that should be found in every local church. |
| Now let us from this table rise | A
popular hymn by Fred Kaan, but I was never a great fan of the tune
that it is normally set to. I (somewhat arrogantly) decided that I
could do better. |
| One more step | Another new tune, this time to the familiar words of Sydney Carter. Sorry Sydney, I just couldn't stand that tune any longer! |
| Praise to the King | Unusually
for me, this is a hymn which is suitable for congregational
singing. A hymn of commitment to Christ, and especially appropriate at
a Covenant service. |
| Square peg | It started out as a blues song, but (sorry, I couldn't help it) a message of hope comes through in the end. |
| The Chase | A manic piece of instrumental mayhem. |
| The Ransom | The Easter story in music. |
| To the Promised Land | For anyone who ever felt inadequate. Inspired by Moses and other unlikely heroes of the Bible. |
| Trust in me | A fun song. It isn't quite the story of how I met Jesus ... but it could have been! |
| Who Are You? | A
powerful re-telling of the Good Friday story from the viewpoint of an
eye witness. If I would like just one of my songs to outlive me, it
would be this one. |
| Who will you serve? | Joshua 24: 15 |
