Human kind has been on a journey round light:
We sat round a fire and told stories as communities and clans;
We moved indoors and read stories around the fireplace, or listened to them on the radio;
The radio got replaced by the television and we continued to have less responsibility in telling the story, though we were all still pointing in the same direction;
Nowadays the TV is still in the corner of the living room, and the seats still point towards it, and it ever continues to burn out a light and tell stories, but whilst it tells its stories I tune it out and disappear into the light of the screen in my hand. It tells stories, paints pictures and shows things to me. I experience them alone, along with millions of other people, and occasionally I send them to other people on social media so that they too can enjoy them alone.

The bass from this one echoed around the church as we prayed. The subwoofer had to be on.

Isaiah 2:2 says:

"In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple
will be established as the highest of the mountains;
​it will be exalted above the hills,
​and all nations will stream to it."

Or in other words:

"If you look into the distance, there's a house upon the hill
Guiding like a lighthouse
​It's a place where you'll be safe to feel our grace
'Cause we've all made mistakes"

Dolly's never really been on my radar. I mean, I know who she is obviously, but I've never paid attention to her music (I know that on the off-chance someone reads this, they might just think that's a sin, but I'm ok with that!).

But doing some research for an assembly on "Faith" I stumbled upon Dolly Parton's collaboration with Galantis:

Paul shares:
Van Morrison and Cliff Richard - Whenever God shines his light

And here's what Paul's got to say: