When First He Touched This Earth
Robert Knapp, a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, has written hundreds of songs, many focusing on faith-based themes. he graciously allowed me to add this Knapp original to my new Christmas Album. It is one of my favorites as it so clearly tells the Christmas story of Jesus birth in the manger. From the haunting sounds of the donkey carrying Mary to the Inn & Stable in Jerusalem, to the sounds of the animals in that humble stable and underscoring the "pain and tears" of childbirth, it brings that story into new perspective. No one person has or ever will impact humankind so significantly as did this one man...Jesus Christ. It also helps us remember why we celebrate Christmas to begin with...the birth of The Savior in the tiny town of Jerusalem.