by D M Barrett
Josh Sullivan sang and played his six-string guitar for the song called, I Will Rise. Jack Wright wrote some of the lyrics that touched his heart:
“Oh it’s hard to rise from feeling blue
Oh but I will rise
And my hand may shake from lack of booze
Oh, but I will rise, I will rise
And though I’ve fallen out of space and time
Oh, I will rise, I will rise.”
Jack Wright observed that at the end of the song, Brother Josh remarked, ‘And the dead in Christ will rise first. And those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be.’ Everyone present replied in unison, “Amen.”
MUSICAL CREDITS
Footprints In The Snow Flatt and Scruggs
Keep on The Firing Line Lewis Family
Diamond In My Crown Patty Loveless
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive Patty Loveless
Which Side Are You On? Natalie Merchant
Miner's Prayer Dwight Yoakam
Do Lord Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Band
Lay My Armor Down Gabriel's Holy Testifiers
Farther Along Parton/Ronstadt/Harris
I Will Rise Benjamin Tod
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in 1957, in Wilson County, Tennessee, Dennis Barrett holds two earned doctorates with majors in law, economics and religion. He recently retired as an engineering and management consultant to devote his full-time efforts to writing.
