Edna Horsley and her family
“How Can I Love You More?” featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard- from the album “Love is the Way” recorded by John Hodgkinson and Bob Ross
First the celebration– it’s one year since the Risen! blog started! It really has been great fun reminiscing about Crofton School and sharing how the music behind Mustard Seed Songs came about.
Last week’s song “ I Miss the Magic” was an old pop song which I said had been “converted into “Oh Lord Hear My Voice” in fact that was wrong – it was converted to “How Can I Love You More?” which is this week’s song and yes it does also feature in Risen! – The Musical. It is sung by the disciple Peter after Jesus has asked him three times “Simon son of John do you really love me?
Today, February 5th in Washington DC, Dr Graham Giles will be having breakfast with Mr and Mrs Barack Obama and 250 other people who have been invited from 130 different countries to make “good things happen in the world.” The last time Graham went to the President’s Prayer Breakfast he rubbed shoulders with such dignitaries as the King of Jordan, The Prince of Denmark, The Prime Minister of Kosovo , the President of Macedonia and Hilary Clinton.
On Friday afternoon at my house Graham heard, for the first time, the promo CD of Risen!- The Musical, copies of which he is taking to distribute at the Prayer Breakfast. Graham was very moved with what he heard – “a stunning achievement” was amongst the many superlatives he used to describe the music and I thank him most sincerely for his continued support and encouragement.
Now the Tribute
Last Thursday I attended a very beautiful Thanksgiving Service for a very old and dear friend – Edna Horsley who after a long battle with cancer finally went to heaven. Edna was a long standing and much loved member of Holy Rood Church- she had also been one of the Secretaries at Crofton School until she retired. Edna actually typed my MA dissertation listening to tapes from the Dictaphone I had used- that gives an indication of her level of her patience! Edna was always a great organiser and worked closely with the Clergy in arranging the Holy Rood Church weekends away to places like Ashburnham Place. I will also always be indebted to her for organising a coach load of people from Holy Rood to a performance of our previous musical “His Story” at the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth – she even took the scene outside the Theatre in Guildhall Walk, which was pretty wild in those days, in her stride and with a smile on her face.
I will really miss Edna and my heartfelt sympathy goes to Stan, Carolyn, Paul, Dan, Gemma and Mike.