A Country Of My Own (Thad Cockerell)

Song:
A Country Of My Own

Artist:
Thad Cockrell
Album:
To Be Loved
(2009)

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. – Hebrews 3:1-6

In this episode, we meet up with Jeff Rogers, Director of GO Seminary (Dominican Republic). Our discussion is based on Thad Cockrell’s, “A Country of My Own” from his 2009 album, “To Be Loved.”

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Jeff Rogers

Director of GO Serminary (Dominican Republic)

Jeff and his wife, Vicki, first discovered the power of international ministry when God turned their lives upside down on their first mission trip to the Dominican Republic in 2001. The Rogers lived and served on the field for three years. In 2005 they moved back to the states and lived missionally for 5 years in the inner-city of Louisville, Kentucky, with their 3 daughters while serving the ministry state-side.

In 2013 the Rogers family moved back to the Dominican Republic where Jeff heads up pastoral care for the GO Staff, leads, develops and teaches in the GO Seminary of the Americas helping equip emerging church leaders for incarnational ministry and missional life as well as providing ongoing training to established pastors and local leaders.

Thad Cockerell, an American singer-songwriter who grew up in Tampa, Florida, released his first album, Stack of Dreams, in 2001. His unique sound, which blends folk, alternative rock/country, and gospel, gives his music its own identity and place. His career spans nearly 20 years, and his latest record is entitled If In Case You Feel The Same.

Cockrell’s 2009 LP, To Be Loved, is a personal endeavor that finds him pouring out his heart. According to Independent Weekly, the album is “a conflict-driven mix of love songs for Jesus and women. It laces gospel and country influences into gentle, loping tunes.” His style is so diverse even he admits he’s not always sure where it comes from.

“I want to write songs I don’t know how to write. That’s when I know I’m close to the good stuff.” – Thad Cockrell

“A Country Of My Own” song lyrics:

I’ve been searching for a country of my own
When I see her face, I know I’ll finally be home
Full of mystery and kept surprises
A vast expanse where a rich man pays
But to me she sympathizes
I’m searching for a country of my own

I’ve been searching for a place where I might stand
And I’ve been looking for that promised land
And I’ve been shouting from this mountain top but the frequencies are jammed
I’m just searching for a place where I might stand

When I’m asked about the situation
Of where it is I’ve been and where I’m bound
Well, I’ve got no home
I’ve got no home
But I’ve got a destination

I’ve been searching for a country of my own
I’ve been looking for a place that I’ll never feel alone
Every day is met with new horizons
City, where you meet no strangers, is a place you need no home
I’m just searching for a country of my own

When I’m asked about the situation
Of where it is I’ve been and where I’m bound
Well, I’ve got no home
I’ve got no home
I’ve got no home
But I’ve got a destination

Songwriters: Thad Aaron Cockrell

Jeff Rogers and his wife, Vicki, have worked with GO Ministries, Inc. for more than 18 years. Through church planting and community development they help equip church leaders for incarnational ministry and missional life.

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