Life is uncertain. One thing I am certain of is unconditional love of a Creator and those close to me. I cannot explain or describe what they mean, but I have faith they exist.
Last weekend, Kathy and I participated in a special event for her niece. She was commissioned as a minister of the United Church of Canada. We sang this hymn during the celebrations. I am not sure how to credit the song. Julie Howard wrote the lyrics, but I did not find links for her. As I head into the Sabbath, the words say it all for me.
In the quiet curve of evening,
in the sinking of the days,
in the silky void of darkness, you are there.
In the lapses of my breathing,
in the space between my ways,
in the crater carved by sadness, you are there.
You are there, you are there, you are there.
In the rests between the phrases,
in the cracks between the stars,
in the gaps between the meaning, you are there.
In the melting down of endings,
in the cooling of the sun,
in the solstice of the winter, you are there.
You are there, you are there, you are there.
In the mystery of my hungers,
in the silence of my rooms,
in the cloud of my unknowing, you are there.
In the empty cave of grieving,
in the desert of my dreams,
in the tunnel of my sorrow, you are there.
You are there, you are there, you are there.
About ivonprefontaine
In keeping with bell hooks and Noam Chomsky, I consider myself a public and dissident intellectual. Part of my work is to move beyond (transcend) institutional dogmas that bind me to defend freedom, raising my voice to be heard on behalf of those who seek equity and justice in all their forms.
I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. My dissertation and research was how teachers experience becoming teachers and their role as leaders.
I focus on leading, communicating, and innovating in organizations. This includes mindfuful servant-leadership, World Cafe events, Appreciative Inquiry, and expressing one's self through creativity. I offer retreats, workshops, and presentations that can be tailored to your organzations specific needs.
I published peer reviewed articles about schools as learning organizations, currere as an ethical pursuit, and hope as an essential element of adult eductaion. I published three poems and am currently preparing my poetry to publish as an anthology of poetry.
I present on mindful leadership, servant leadership, schools as learning organizations, how teachers experience becoming teachers, assessement, and critical thinking. I facilitate mindfulness, hospitality retreats. and World Cafe Events using Appreciative Inquiry.
I am writing and researching about various forms of leadership, how teachers inform and form their identity as a particular teacher, schools as learning organizations, hope, nonviolence and its anticipatory relationship with the future, as essential elements to teaching and learning.
Academic publications can be found at Ivon Gile Prefontaine on ResearchGate
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Gorgeous…perfect love.
I loved this. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you.
Beautiful song, thank you for sharing it with us. Blessings to you, Diana
Thank you Diana.
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What a beautiful song that says it all.
What lovely lyrics. I haven’t heard this before. Thanks for posting it.
You are welcome Pam.
I would like to hear the notes played with the words. Very nice and special words. We are blessed with this song!
It was beautiful. I had not heard the song before and it was accompanied by a large pipe organ.
I just tried to look up the ‘recorded soundtrack’ for this – lyrics abound everywhere – sound versions are not ‘quite this’ – 🙂 Or can quite hear it – (1 link)
good news, if one cares about such things – a ‘general’ search on Google, “in the quiet curve of the evening song’ returns – um….your post first, then my share, second – then video links of ‘not quite the song I’m looking’ for variety – etc., and more links to lyrics/bible verses, etc. – – 🙂 congrats – you managed to share a personal thing, that, in the end, rather helps folks quickly find the lyrics – but not quite the tune to sing too – guess we’ll just recite it, eh? I know I’m not a musician – – 😀
In today’s age with the Internet, it is unusual to not find something like this. Thank you for looking. I am not a singer, so I am not sure having the music helps me.
LOL – – I love to sing, though way, long out of practice of actually carrying a tune …in a bucket….with a handle…but still – to me, the ‘tune/music’ may catch my interest, but in my world? Lyrics/story told’ is what ‘rules’ at end of the day – in another life, perhaps I could have been a bard – IF my voice were good enough – but oral histories depend upon rhyme and stories to survive/be passed on – and such things, whether set to music or not – survive tech innovations, etc. I’m not a personal checker of blog stats, for my free blog – but, to me, seeing a visitor recently visited my titled post (that was re=blog of your post, um…6 years ago?) well – I went over to re-read to make sure I had ‘updated if something’ changed – nope – still good to go – and then thought, “maybe there is a tune/song version” and…well – just thought I would share my personal ‘hmmm…interesting…’ journey – 🙂
Thanks for your kind acknowledgement and response to my ‘check out this little side detour’ share that may/may not mean beans to you – 😀
It does mean quite a bit to us. I enjoyed the song and it was part of lovely celebration for a family member. As well, it is so unusual to not find ways to credit I appreciated your efforts and comments.
🙂 I KNEW it meant something to you – on lyrics level – what I should have said was…”It’s not that I’m saying or thinking you posted for stats or search engine top spot – but it might please you to know – your voice/shares DO make a difference, to those who ‘search’ and who ‘seek to find’ in many ways – 🙂 I get the searching/seeking on spiritual levels – I’m ALWAYS surprised Google AI thinks what me/thee did/said 6 years ago is their top pick – – LOL – Trust Higher – Don’t trust manmade/AI much – LOL
It is interesting that Google AI understands/misunderstands in this way. We do not know where our voice will end up being heard in this day and age.
Lyrics are the essential part for me. I cannot carry a tune in a bucket with handles, so I focus on the lyrics. Kathy sang in school choirs, so she appreciates the music and lyrics more than I can.
I am planning a Blue Christmas service for my church, and this song would be perfect. But, like you, I can’t find the tune ANYWHERE. It apparently only exists in one hymnal, which is associated with the United Church of Canada. The composer is nowhere to be found either. This has turned into a rather frustrating mystery!