On one of Brenton Brown’s visits to our home in B.C., he played me a song idea which was close to the existing chorus of Triune God with different lyrics. I was moved by the music of the chorus, but unsure about the verse. I shared with him that for some time I had been feeling the need to affirm the ‘Triune’ nature of God in song. So I walked over to the piano and starting to play in ‘3’ and the phrase and melody of ‘Triune God’ came out . . . and off we went. Of course starting a song is one thing; finishing it is often another. The challenge here was to find the best handful of words that sum up the nature and relationship of the Trinity. It took us several years and many drafts to finally say “We may not be done . . . but after draft 14, maybe it’s time to try it out!” We used the word ‘dance’ after reading that theologians often referred to the Trinity as a ‘circle dance’; a dance of love, light and holy friendship. The instrument that opens the song is a Duduk, an ancient ‘Christian’ instrument from Africa that was also used in the soundtrack for ‘The Passion of the Christ’.
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