Rob Merchant chatted about his book Broken by fear, anchored in hope. This is a very real personal account of a journey that Rob has made from childhood fear through shame, anger, despair, surrender, forgiveness, and finally to adult faith, hope and love. Rob said that he felt honesty in talking about matters related to mental health were very important. Having written the book, he wondered if he really wanted it published. He decided that he would and hoped that it was helpful to others.
Playlist
Lighthouse Family – Lifted – 1996 UK no 4. From the album – Ocean Drive – sales of 1.8 million.
Dave Kelly – Sun on my face – title track from the album released in February this year.
Pink – A million dreams – 2018 album – The greatest showman re-imagined. Single UK no 11, Netherlands no 1, Top 10 in five more countries.
Lauren Diagle – Rescue – 2018 album – Look up child – Grammy award for best contemporary Christian album.
Billy Joel – River of dreams – Title track of 1993 album. Single UK and USA no 3, No 1 in Australia and New Zealand, Top 10 in 12 more countries.
Birthdays competition
Bastille – Good grief –from 2016 album – Wild world. UK no 1, NME album of the year. Singer, songwriter and producer Dan Smith is 38 years old.
Byrds – Turn, turn, turn. 1965 USA and NEW Zealand no 1, UK no 26. Frontman and leader of the band, Roger McGuinn celebrated his 84th birthday on Saturday.
Take That – Shine – 2006 comeback album – Beautiful world. UK no 1 single selling 1.2 million copies. Former band member Jason Orange is 54 years old.
Thanks to Chris and Bob in Harlow, Chris in Guildford, Andrew and Tim in the studio and Patrick in Ingatestone for taking part today. The winner with 4 points was Bob. Patrick had 3 points. No other participant scored any points today.
Shadows – Riders in the sky – 1980 UK no 12, Ireland no 6, Finland no 21. From the album – String of hits – No 1 in UK & Finland. Patrick had requested any track by the Shadows.
Tim Lee talked about the quiet tent that he is organising at the Ingatestone Summer show. This will include a wide range of creative activities. It will also be a place to be still amongst the busyness of the show. Tim indicated that the feedback on the idea had been very positive in the local schools.
Coldplay – Feels like I’m falling in love – latest release, no 25 in the chart this week.
Chart this week in 2000
No 1 Ronan Keating – Life is a rollercoaster – No1 also in Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, Poland and Ireland. Top 10 in 9 more countries.
No 2 Corrs – Breathless – No 1 UK, Poland & Czech Republic. Top 10 in 9 more countries.
No 14 Kylie Minogue – Spinning around – UK no 1, no 1 in Australia and Hungary.
Eddie Cochran – Summertime blues – 1958 USA no 8, UK no 18. 1999 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest songs of all time no 73.
Jody & the Jerms – Unravelling – recent release.
Miles Davis – Summertime.
Matt Forbes – Happy together – Canadian singer suggested by a regular listener.
Next week my guest is Wes Sutton from the Acorn Christian Healing Foundation.