Gentle Reign

Reflections on my life as a Christian songwriter..."remembering into the future." - by Rory Cooney

Friday, November 8, 2013

I know that my redeemer lives (C32O - music)

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This weekend I will be remembering my dad, who went to God on November 12, 1993, so I have my own private November moment every year. It was...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Songstories 18 — Apocalypse (2001, WLP)

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There are hits and there are misses, I'm afraid. We write songs because we feel they are worth writing, they have something unique to co...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

They pondered what it meant to 'rise from the dead' (C32O)

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Sunday’s scriptures, as usual, are full of what will no doubt turn out to be unrealized hermeneutic potential. Taken together with the readi...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Mr. Jonah's wild ride to Barrington

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Cripes, what a day. I just had a feeling that I needed a day off, and NOW, not later. So when I saw there was going to be a funeral ye...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Songstories 17: "The Road to Jerusalem" (1984, NALR)

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As we dive into the chilly waters of November, its Sunday gospels populated with stories from Jesus's last days, before and after the e...
Friday, November 1, 2013

No one, I think, is in my tree (music for C31O)

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Desi (Zacchaeus Junior), in backyard tree, May 2004. Before I talk about the songs we're doing at St. Anne this weekend, these are a...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

There's something about mealtime (C31O)

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Jesus eating with Zacchaeus this weekend got me thinking about Jesus eating with anyone, and why the gospels, but particularly Luke, are so ...
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