I'm Adam Webber. Let me tell you about my album,"As a Deer Longs", track by track. The first song is called"Longs for You". I think this song is my elevator pitch for God. I've studied the Christian traditions pretty deeply, and I'm an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ. And what I don't know about God is a lot, but the diamond core of the little that I do know is in this song: the intensity with which God loves us and longs for us.Next, there's"Me and Joe and What's-His-Name". This is in more of a folk-song style, and you can hear a bit of the English folk ballad"The Three Ravens" here. It tells, from a different perspective, a story from the Gospel of Luke.Then there's the"Prophet's Lament". This is an autobiographical, comical song about my recent change of career. I used to listen to my parents' Tom Lehrer records, as I'm sure you'll be able to tell.The fourth cut is an instrumental version of my"Rider's Lament". I originally wrote this for an a capella vocal trio. Fans of Tolkien will be able to guess what the words were.The fifth track is"Clear Fountain". The beautiful background vocals are by my wife, Kelly Autrey-Webber. My French Canadian grandmother used to sing an old folk song:"À la claire fontaine". I don't suppose anyone else thinks of that as a religious song at all, but for me the clear fountain long ago became on image of God. My song"Clear Fountain" tells why.Then there's"I Don't Believe in You", a blues ballad. I wrote this song to share the story of a man I met, a Vietnam veteran who was camping, or perhaps living, under a highway overpass near Richmond, Indiana. When I told him that I was a seminary student, he told me that he didn't believe in God -- and he told me why. My brother Ben helped with the piano arrangement for this. He's a jazz genius. Track seven is"Fear Not, Said the Angel". It's the only song on this album that I've recorded before. It's about some of the experiences of God's presence that I had as a child. I used to find these very frightening, and I didn't tell anyone about them at the time. I didn't want people to think I was crazy, and I didn't want them to be right. (I guess that's one advantage of being fifty: I don't care so much what people think!) Kelly and I sing this one together.Next is another reflective instrumental number:"One Needful Thing". It's part of a song cycle about the six-day creation story from the Book of Genesis. This is Day One -- let there be light -- and the last cut on this album is Day Five -- the creation of the animals. I'm still working on the others.Track 9 is my"Treesong" -- a choral/instrumental anthem as sung by a tree. A worshipful tree. It's hard to explain, but Kelly says it's her favorite.Next is"Love Small". This is a sort of alt-country song in praise of my small town. I couldn't decide whether to include this one on the album or not. Sometimes, when I listen to it, it seems too corny. Other times, I think that corny was just the right note to hit for my little town.The final cut is"Come to Me" -- an electronic stage-show take on the creation of the animals, complete with animals. Good girl!