This song was born while writing Rumours of Angels, a collection for Advent and Christmas that weaves together choir pieces, congregational worship, and a few solo moments. This particular song is one of those solos. The heart of the song came when meditating on that night when Christ was born. If the Christmas story is true - and I believe it is - then God Himself stepped into His creation, taking on flesh without ceasing to be God. In that single, breathtaking moment, something in the very fab

Written for the Christmas album Rumours of Angels in 1994, Thorns in the Straw is a performance song that tracks the journey of Mary, the mother of Jesus, beyond Bethlehem, dealing with the contrasts of the glory and the shame, the bitterness and the sweetness of watching the life of her son - the Messiah. https://grahamkendrick.co.uk/thorns | Graham Kendrick

'What Kind of Greatness' from Rumours of Angels is a meditation on the incarnation - the story of God, made flesh! Oh what else can I do But kneel and worship you And come just as I am My whole life an offering https://grahamkendrick.co.uk/what-kind-of-greatness/ #grahamkendrick #incarnation #christmas | Graham Kendrick