Series 1, Episode 33: The Miracle of Faith Part Two

Miracle Of Faith is a Suite for orchestra and three voices – a man, a woman and a young boy.  We like to think of it as yet another Musical Theater of the Imagination special project, and we invite you to exercise your imaginations as you listen to this ancient tale of songs and instrumentals.  It is a trilogy of songs that look at the age-old story of the five loaves and two fishes told in the four Gospels of the Bible.  It covers three points of view of the same story coming from three different characters. It needs to be listened to in one 40 minute sitting as one continuous piece of music. The performance itself will be presented in a second, Part Two, episode and is available now. Please listen to Part One first.

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Transcript

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Welcome to Scatter Shot Symphony. The music of Peter Lincoln. That's me. Hey y'all. This weekend being the thirty-third episode of this podcast. I prefer to let the music and do the talking. However, if you need to know more about me, please visit Wikipedia.com or Peter Lincoln. This episode is entitled Miracle Trilogy. A man, a woman, and a young boy. We invite you to exercise your imagination as you listen to this ancient tale of songs and instrumentals. It is a trilogy of songs that look at the age-old story of the five loaves and two visions told in the four gospels of the Bible. It covers three points of view of the same story, coming from three different characters. It needs to be listened to in one forty-minute sitting as one continuous piece of music.

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When she heard of the miracle, she begged me to find him, hoping she might be. So I left her behind, chucked a basket of food, and crawled through the legs of the multitude. Upon reaching the front, there he won't. Jesus and the twelve gathered round. I fear, and my chance to do stuff here. So I gave that one my best feed of food. And rushed me outside with my chick draw. Then Jesus turned away from the crowd and began giving thanks, help mom. And I heard the words as I stood at his sandled feet that he took from my basket wrong to meet my juice, small fishes and my flows of red. But he didn't stop there. He reached down again and brought forth from my basket out of the net until more than five thousand were fed. And what I'll always remember and always will know is how Jesus believed in his heart, and how God made it so as the multitude was being fed, I tucked on Jesus' sleeve. Jesus tossed my hair and said, as he sat me on his knee. From the moment that you left her, the healing was received. If you just believe you can.

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But Jesus cautioned no my friend. Thomas, you must see through the eyes of a child through the eyes of a child. And as the sun began to leave the day, silently he began me. Won't you come and pray? Pray what said I But I obeyed and closed my eyes and did as I was bid to do in the miracle of five loaves and two fish. Oh yeah. And we fed five thousand soul. And afterwards I heard the boy say, Master, I must ask another miracle of you. But before he could ask, Jesus spoke. Your faith hath made her whole, and after all these years I still wish to understand a world not made with hands to see the world as children do, and to see the world that the master knew. Now, why was it so easy for this child to be leave? And so difficult for me. Jesus walked the water across the sea, defying all the laws, set us free. He told me you can do all this and more, Thomas. You can calm the heavens and still the oceans roar. At times I see beyond the world I see, bewitched by matter, yet by spirit, begun I have, and at times I still can catch the light shining in the eyes and the innocence of that born through the eyes of a child.

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They need not depart, give ye them food to eat, give them food for thought, the food of light, the light of sustenance. Don't send them away in their time of need. But his disciples were not in the mind of Jesus, they struggled to raise their faith. And though miracles had abounded throughout the days, they were stuck in the world's worn out ways. They knew not God's law of infinite abundance, and I watched as they muttered amongst themselves. Feed them with what? There's nothing to eat. No apples, no almonds, no meat. Then a boy stepped forth with a basket of bread and two fish. Well you know the rest. The five thousand were fed, and we all saw the power of his wishes and the evidence of things unseen. Oh yes, the evidence of things unseen You ask what is that evidence? It's the substance of faith and no seeming dreams that lie in between his breath pulled out of thin air in a miracle of such routine as I witness so often again and again was the evidence of things unseen. Yes, the evidence of things unsea. Yes, a boy stepped forth with the spirit of nothing can stop me. A boy, just a boy, and five thousand were fed, and we all felt the power and the glorious evidence of the sunse Oh yes, the evidence of the sunsea and right then pulled out of thin air in a miracle of such routine as I witnessed often again and again was the evidence of means on sea the man the becomes the son of the fish.

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I'd like to thank Dora Redman for introducing this splendid concept into our classes. I'd also like to thank my fellow cast members, Noah Marlowe and Julia Wade, for their terrific performances on this CD. Also, many thanks to my then two usual sidekicks, Phil Klum for mastering, and Craig Wagner for CD and DigiBook Design. I'm also deeply grateful for the amazing support of my son, Dustin, who, through his great generosity, enables my studio, Link Recording Studios, to stay on the cutting edge of technology. Lastly, thanks to all the staff here at Watchfire Music for their constant support and dedication to all my projects. Digital design and implementation by Craig Wagner photography of Noah Peter and Julia and Dora by Geoffrey DeVald. By the way, you might want to have a more visual experience of this podcast. It offers you even more of the process of the creation of the album. Go to watchfiremusic.com. It is sold exclusively at Watchwire Music. Also, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. And to keep abreast of the latest episode, you can subscribe to Scattershot Symphony from your podcast app of choice. A very special thanks also to Stuart Bearfoot, our associate producer, for all your invaluable knowledge and great vibes. And lastly, a posthumous thanks to Ludwig von Beethoven for your opening four bars.

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This podcast is presented with loving care by the staff at Watchfire Music. If you liked what you heard, we got lots more where that came from. In the meantime, you can find the songs you just heard on WatchfireMusic.com forward slash podcast. There, you can purchase the singles or albums and have access to all the lyrics. Also, there you will find all previous podcasts and future scheduling. Stay tuned.