It is my great pleasure to be able to share this website and my music with listeners worldwide. For music is one of the ways in which people of all different nations and races can come together and find communion, love and peace with one another. I thank my friend Anna from the bottom of my heart for all her artistic gifts in organizing this website.
I have passed my life to date firstly as a student, then as a rock musician, now a mother, and since May 2006, as a called priest to the Church of England in the UK. And I have learned many things along the way from all of these disciplines. As a student, I learned how to organize my thoughts and look deeply into some of the world's greatest literature. As a rock musician I learned how much release, joy and satisfaction people derive from listening to others play, sharing the enjoyment of a show. As a mother, I have learned how to give endlessly. And as a called priest, I have learned what it is to feel an inner duty that you can not refuse. This duty is heard in prayer, and recalled in silence. It is fed by Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and looked upon kindly by God. If you cannot fulfill this duty in one place, then God will simply move you to where you can.
I look forward in great heart to that duty to celebrate Christ's Word and Bread. I know that there are many who do not understand why certain people are called, and to which there is no answer but the constancy of gentleness, meekness, compassion and understanding. How can you explain in words that you love someone? It is something that you cannot fully explain in words. So it is with your calling, which can only explained by Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God. So while I await getting in the stream for training, I hope you enjoy the music that I have prepared for all who love to listen, and I would also like to share with you a poem which I wrote last New Year's Eve 2009, as part of my pledge to serve. Thank you, and God bless.
Jesus, my Peace
I give to you my heart,
I give to you my soul;
To be with you completely
Is my only living Goal.
I give to you my life,
I give to you my prayer;
Surrender all my wants and needs
Within your loving care.
And may I meet your Grace,
And may I love your Will;
And may I hear your Voice within me
Stilling me until
I come to you at last,
I come to you the least;
I come to seek your warm embrace
And love, in eternal Peace.
Carrie Melbourne - January 2011.