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His Gracious Hand

from The Book of Jonah by David Benjamin Blower

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    A radiophonic production of The Book of Jonah, narrated by Professor N. T. Wright, starring Professor Alastair McIntosh as Jonah, Sound and song by David Benjamin Blower. The physical copy comes with hand printed artwork and a booklet containing the actual book of Jonah from ye olde King James Version.

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    DBB's book published 2016 about the awful journey of terror, meltdown, and whale ingestion that began as he worked on songs for his record The Book of Jonah.

    “David Blower has written a marvelous reflection on what may be the Bible’s most subversive and misunderstood story. Not only are his insights incisive and needed, his writing is a delight to read.” —Brian D. McLaren, author/speaker/activist

    This is The Gospel According To Jonah for today.” —Dave Andrews, author of Plan Be, and Christi-Anarchy

    “Identifying the empire—not the big fish—as the real beast in the book, this powerful and poetic re-telling of the Jonah story brings a familiar tale to life in fresh ways, and invites readers to face the challenge of engaging creatively and vulnerably with the powers that be.” —Stuart Murray Williams, author of The Naked Anabaptist, Multi-Voiced Church and Church After Christendom

    “Here he is again, ready for round two. His latest is about as unsettling as it gets. I’ve been following David’s work for some time now. I know how he operates, but he still catches me off guard. So put down whatever you’re reading, pick up this book, and brace yourself!” —Tim Nash, Nomad Podcast

    “David Benjamin Blower brings us a renewed song of hope—in the shape of Jonah wrapped up in a whale. This is a work of imagination and erudition as well as an elegy that speaks of a way of being that for so long has eluded concerned Christians. At last God has given us a prophet who dares to tell us like it is. Listen up—let Jonah help us to see our task as Christians in troubled times. Read and listen to David Benjamin Blower if you dare—but with assurance that grace is so much in abundance our fretfulness will be transformed into passion.” —Ann Morisy, author of Beyond the Good Samaritan and Journeying Out
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lyrics

And as the waves washed o’er my toes
My hair was sprawled across the coast
And in the sea I saw the ghost
O’ the monster over yonder
And as he spouted in the sky
I saw the apple of his eye
Look across the way at I
Out of the bay he did meander
And as I stank there on the beach
I stank of bile and rotten fish
Lost in barnacles and weeds
My clothes a-shredded all around me
And as I burned under the sun
My lips a-cracking all and one
My skin was peeling and was burning
And a feeling did surround me

(Whistle)

And over yonder I saw the birds
There up above me making turns
Against the heavens which were
Deafening with brightness and with holiness
Down in the belly of the beast
I swear I scarcely didst believe
That I would ever see your feathers
‘Gainst the endless weary sky again
But they called back down to I
Said, “If you really are alive
Best crawl back into the ocean
Than be going where you’re going my friend
Up from the gullet of the deeps
Over to demons and to thieves
To what end do you believe
You are delivered by His gracious hand?”

(Whistle)

And as I rose up pale and thin
Their taunts were ringing in the wind
And I stumbled through the jungle
To the highway that would bear me so
And if the ocean there below
Spat me back upon this road
Then there is nowhere to be going
‘Cept the place where I don’t want to go

SONG: IT’S A LONG WALK TO HELL

I guess I pulled the short straw, yes I did
I guess I pulled the short straw, yes I did
My friends and my family
I hope you’re thinking of me
I guess I pulled the short straw, yes I did

It’s a long old walk to hell, o yes it is
It’s a long old walk to hell, o yes it is
My friends and my family
I hope you’re thinking of me
It’s a long old walk to hell, o yes it is

I don’t think I’ll coming home again
I don’t think I’ll coming home again
My friends and my family
I hope you’re thinking of me
I don’t think I’ll coming home again

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from The Book of Jonah, released March 13, 2017

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David Benjamin Blower: 6-string writer, poet, theologian and podcaster from Birmingham in the UK.

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