... Shine on me, shine on me ...
Guess which song. If you know the answer you were a Christian in the late 80s or early 90s.
Someone at work (I shall allow them their anonymity for obvious reasons) has imported The Very Best of Graham Kendrick into their itunes (not just the best, the very best, but I disagree because a lot of the classics we sang the most are missing).
I had a lovely moment listening to Shine Jesus Shine. It is very uncool now, but when I was 12 I taught myself to play this song on the piano, and it was a stepping stone for me musically—I began to learn to read music, and I began to play modern chords. One third of the lines are very good, the rest are very cringey.
I confess: I wouldn't be sorry to sing it again in church, just once.
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Shine Jesus Shine was the *only* Christian song I knew before I became a Christian. I have a soft spot for it myself.
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