Jeremy Erickson & The Dockcrew: The Extras

Track 8: Appreciation

It was at a Sold Out youth retreat at camp Kitchi Khanis the fall of 1995. The theme was "enjoying God." Keith Quanbeck was speaking for the morning session, and I was in the shower room with my guitar writing a song to accompany the theme. That was quite awhile ago. I don't remember much other than singing the song for the first time in that shower room. I guess it was kind of like my morning prayer time, and so that's what I did - I prayed, and this song was my prayer. It's not mine anymore - I mean, it's not just mine. I guess it never was. We recorded the song live this time - sitting on the floor in the studio, with little Seth Skogerboe crying in the control room, being human and being loved by God...just like us.

Guitar: Jeremy

Congas: Joshua

Shaker: Kyle

Voices: Jeremy, Ben M., Kris, Matt, Wes, Kyle, Jenn, Andrea

Recorded By: Jim Reynolds

Mixed By: Brad Johnson

Appreciation

by Jeremy Erickson

Too many times I fall to my knees,

and I'm begging You please, to forgive me.

No matter how hard I try, there's always reasons why

I've got to fall back at Your feet.

Have I ever shown You just how You've helped me see?

Have I ever shown You just how much Your love means to me?

How I appreciate the way You communicate Your love.

And we sing holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.

Holy, holy, holy are You, my Friend.

Holy, holy, I will love You, I will love You

wholly, wholly, I will love You 'til the end.

Recognizing several grammatical short-comings in this song,

I chose rather to leave it as it was. In light of how often, in our

most-real moments of depravity and worship, we are unable to articulate

perfectly the weeping of our hearts, I thought the short-comings quite

fitting.

What is the Dockcrew?

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