During the years I served as Director of Music for Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston, Texas I was blessed to partner with a number of gifted lyric writers. One of those people was The Reverend Fred McKirachan who provided the thought provoking lyrics for “Song of the Man on the Road” – which became an anthem composed for the high school choir at Memorial Drive. Those lyrics seem to provide a fitting post for this Good Friday. With deep gratitude to Fred McKirachan.

I met a man on the road to Jerusalem, his face set straight ahead. Eyes deep burning with a strange hot light, and I wondered with what passion it was fed. He spoke with a voice soft and gentle, yet all who were around him seemed to hear the echo of the ages in the words he spoke, and for each he stirred a vision bright and clear.

I have come to give you truth, and grace, and healing, from sin and fear and death to set you free. To show a style of living based on joy, thanks, and giving, and to help all people be who they can be – who they can be.