I was writing music at the same time, usually secretly in my small seminary room. But liturgical music? The thought never crossed my mind. If my music hadn't been officially banned in dozens of U.S. dioceses, it probably would never have caught on. My songs were written out of my frustrations then at seeing little concern for the neglected Hispanics and Blacks in Utah, not only by Mormons but my own affluent Catholics." Repp added, "If our music is to praise God, it can only do so by helping to change us and our communities into more sensitive, loving, and just human beings." Perhaps the best summary of Repp's theology can be found in Song of Micah in his 1985 work, Ever Bless. This song is based on Micah 6:3–8: This is all I ask of you, this is the only praise I seek: That your love be gentle and your lives be just, and humbly walk along with me. Should we go before the Lord, bowing low, and giving praise? Will the Lord be pleased with gifts we have to bring, with songs we want to sing? Should we make some sacrifice? Should we offer up our lives to the Lord on high? How shall we adore the Lord forevermore? My people hear me, what have I done – that you distrust so my gift of love? What will the Lord be satisfied by our gifts and songs of praise? Will the Lord be pleased, what honor can we give? Should we change the way we live? Personal life Repp was married to, and lived with, his husband of twenty years, Richard Alther, who made his own living as a writer and painter, in their homes in Southern California and Vermont. Alther wrote The Decade of Blind Dates about his past relationships as a homosexual divorcee and his marriage to Repp. Works Writing In 2018, Repp published his first book, TABLE TALES: Do Ahead Dinner Party Menus That Whet Appetites, Loosen Tongues, and Make Memories. Selected discography Data from One Way Jesus Music (music from the Jesus Movement) website: 1965, Mass for Young Americans, F.E.L. 1966, Allelu!, F.E.L. 1967, Come Alive, F.E.L. 1968, Sing Praise, F.E.L. 1969, The Time Has Not Come True, F.E.L. (recorded 1966) 1972, Hear the Cryin' , Myrrh 1974, Give Us Peace, K&R (also released in 1975 on Agape label) 1978, Benedicamus – The Song