My sister and I sang "Day By Day" and "All
Good Gifts" at church before we were in high school. I played the guitar as we
sang. That was probably the last time I sang for people without feeling
nervous. The church was small then, meeting in the fellowship hall; a sanctuary
hadn’t been built yet. It wasn’t unusual at that time to use guitars in church,
but it was significant that the leaders of the church recognized the importance
of those songs to us even though they had come from a musical. They encouraged
and supported us. My sister is now a minister, and I am part of a praise band. I
wonder if we adequately support the young people of our churches as they try to express
their own spiritual development?
Just adding a small edit here to say that although Day By Day was a song everyone was using for both religious and secular purposes at the time, I realized while working my way through the soundtrack that "By Your Side" was the song my sister and I sang along with "All Good Gifts." We were able to add the harmony - and I remember as we worked on it, how hauntingly melancholy the music was.
Just adding a small edit here to say that although Day By Day was a song everyone was using for both religious and secular purposes at the time, I realized while working my way through the soundtrack that "By Your Side" was the song my sister and I sang along with "All Good Gifts." We were able to add the harmony - and I remember as we worked on it, how hauntingly melancholy the music was.
