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New Song: I Choose To Follow Again

Dan Wilt — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:14 +0000

I just noticed that I wrote this song almost exactly one year ago. We write, and it comes back to us.

“Just wrote this, from the gut and as a personal prayer, here in Kelowna, BC on a late night.

It was born as a personal prayer in what is a challenging season, for hearing a Voice beyond ourselves, and being awake to the next moment of choice.

In many ways, it feels like a song about the Church in an emerging world (I’d change it to “we” language), and our quest to follow in the midst of the tumult. Could we indeed dream again in the midst of such radical cultural challenges the Church is facing?

In the last lyric, the “vision” can be two-fold – the personal whispers of God to you about your life and vocation, or the vision of the New Creation to come to compels us to continue forward as followers of Christ.

Below the vid is the chart and lyrics, and feel free to use it can serve your journey with God as well.”

I Choose To Follow Again
Dan Wilt

Verse 1
Bm7                                      A
Deep calls to deep, in the roar of Your waterfalls,
G Em7    A
Love to calls to love, from the depths of Your heart,
Bm7                                       A
Hope calls to hope, as the years sing Your faithfulness,
G
I in this moment recall

Pre-chorus
A D/F# G
I know, You say it’s time to go again,
A D/F# G
I know, You say it’s time to dream again

Chorus
D D/F# G            D/F#
I will live for the moment
G                       D/F# G A
When You speak the word, and I choose to follow
D D/F# G              D/F#
I am awake to the moment
G                       D/F#         G                  A          Bm7 (vamp)
When You speak the word, and I choose to follow again

Verse 2
Faith calls to faith in the presence of mystery
Light calls to light in the womb of the dark
I will believe, though the vision is far from me,
I will believe it will come

Before All Things (Christ Hymn), New Song for Easter and Beyond

Dan Wilt — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:27:55 +0000

Here’s a new (corporate worship) song I wrote both for Easter and for regular corporate worship use fro Col. 1:15-20, the Christ Hymn. A rough ‘demo’; just me in our den worshipping with it – and a Flip HD camera. Imagine symphony and loop behind it if you would – season it with your own harmonies.

My scholarly brother-in-law, Ed Gentry, challenged me to write something out of this beautiful Christological hymn passage in Paul’s letter.

It’s laced with all the new creation, resurrection, Christocentric themes inherent to Colossians 1:15-20. The chord chart is below; feel free to use it. (Excuse the wallpaper, and mediocre keyboard playing!) Emerging churches will like it’s themes, I think.

Artist and pal Joel Auge (On The Blue) helped me shape the final chorus.

BEFORE ALL THINGS (CHRIST HYMN)
By Dan Wilt, M.Min.
Ref.: Col. 1:15-20

Vamp: G D Em7 C

Verse 1
G
You are the image of
D
God invisible,
Em7 C
You’re the firstborn over all creation;
G
By You all things were made,
D
Seen and unseen worlds
Em7 C
From earth below, to heights of heaven

Pre-chorus
Am7 G/B Dsus
Every throne, and power and ruler here,
Am7 G/B C
Owes a vow of loyalty to You…

Chorus
G
You are before all things,
D
You are beyond all things, and
Em7 C
Everything is held together in Your hands
G
You are the Head of those,
D
Who call upon Your name, and
Em7
Everything is changed because You
C
Rose again

Verse 2
You have supremacy,
Over all that is,
For God was pleased to fully dwell in You
Through the death you died
All is reconciled
Every part of this creation will be new

Tag:
G
We sing a song of new creation,
D/F#
We sing a song of resurrection,
Em7
We sing a song of new creation,
C
Let Your Kingdom come (repeat)

MySpace: Dan Wilt Music

Dan Wilt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:42:51 +0000

I’ve just put up a simple MySpace music site. The tracks are extremely simple, and rough.

I.e. Just me and my little mp3 recorder. If you would do me the honor of hearing quirky pads, loops, subtle cellos, fretless, organs, etc., I’d be appreciative. (Think Death Cab, Coldplay, City and Color, Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap. Even a little somethin’ else.)

These songs are meant to be creational and poetic in spirit, rather than what most may know me for as a songwriter.

Again, very rough and simple. New tracks will replace these as I get time and money to record along the way. Again, apologies for quality.

Dan Wilt Music on MySpace
The Ocean
Five Of Spades
Emerald City
Black Crow
The Future

Always You Are Faithful & Father Of The World

Dan Wilt — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:38:54 +0000

Here are two new worship songs I’ve written and co-written recently. They were recorded in live at the What Is Worship? event in Northern Ireland a few weeks ago.

Again, they are live and rough, recorded from the front row on a MiniDisc recorder, and in the midst of ministry times.

Feel free to download the mp3 and the chord chart to use as you like:

Always You Are Faithful

Father Of The World

If you have any issue downloading, try 2-3 times as sometimes there is a glitch.

Let me know if they take on life in your community.