With David Childs
music: Craig Taubman (used with permission), vocal arrangement by Alan Weiner, piano arrangement by Bob Remstein
text: liturgy

This setting of Hashkiveinu by Craig Taubman has become the most familiar to our congregation. This prayer asks G-d, each night as we end our day, to lay us down and to raise us up, in peace, when the morning dawns. Shelter us beneath protective wings, guard our coming and going now and forever.

Our journey into illness, healing and eventually passage to the World to Come is often circuitous and multi-layered. The songs on this album were assembled according to their messages of hope, strength, recovery, resolution, and oneness with our Creator. Many of these songs are original commissions by Congregation B’nai B’rith of Santa Barbara, CA, which I am proud to spotlight. Collaborating with my son, David, has been an intergenerational joy that would have made my mother Myrna Childs, to whom I dedicate this album, overflow with love
If these songs provide you or your loved ones with even a moment of respite and comfort as you travel your layered path, then I’ve achieved my goal.
Cantor Mark Childs
Spring, 2021