Goodbye Larry

I just found out that Christian rock pioneer Larry Norman passed away last Saturday, February 24 at age 60.  Welcome home, Larry.  Thanks so much for taking back the good music. 

Larry Norman

I could mention a lot of Larry's songs that inspired me, but probably none more than this one:

I am a servant, I am listening for my name
I sit here waiting I've been looking at the game
That I've been playing and I've been staying much the same
When you are lonely you're the only one to blame
 
I am a servant, I am waiting for Your call
I've been unfaithful so I sit here in the hall
How can You use me when I've never given all
How can You choose me when You know I quickly fall
 
So You feed my soul and you make me whole
And you let me know You love me
And I'm worthless now but I've made a vow
I will humbly bow before You
Oh please use me, I am lonely
 
I am a servant, getting ready for my part
There's been a change, a rearrangement in my heart
At last I'm learning there's no returning once I start
To live's a privilege, to love is such an art
But I need Your help to start
Oh please purify my heart
I am Your servant

©Larry Norman
Words and Music by Larry Norman
 

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Jim Larson
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To "Dad"
Reply #2 on : Fri March 07, 2008, 16:00:29
Where's that blog entry about Roger?
"Dad"
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I am His servant too
Reply #1 on : Fri March 07, 2008, 04:28:14
What a kairos moment! I'm sitting here surfing for some stuff to add to a seminar presentation on missions I'll be doing next week in DC at the Southeast Asian Leadership Summit. I've got a YouTube version of "I am a Servant" playing on my laptop, as I have pretty much since I first heard the news about Larry Norman. Suddenly, afer discovering a great blog about Roger Hederstedt and his family's return from Japan to the States last year to be CRM Regional Director for Asia, it occurs to me that I haven't heard from you guys in ages. Of course, I haven't done a very good job of keeping up either. I didn't even know Prang was here till Sarom told me she would be heading back to Thailand soon. (Btw, I will be performing Sarom and Parker's wedding in June.) So I check out the servantworks site and start getting caught up, looking at wedding pictures and such, reading GMD quotes...and there is this: Goodbye Larry. I'll write an email soon with more catching up. I'll even put up a note to remind myself to "DO IT NOW." Meanwhile, I need to go mop some floors at the church and hum that song to myself. Or maybe I can find a kazoo to play it with...