Background
Idle was born in Bromley, Kent, and studied at Eltham College, Street Peter"s College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College, Bristol.
Idle was born in Bromley, Kent, and studied at Eltham College, Street Peter"s College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College, Bristol.
Idle has written more than three hundred hymns. "Eternal light, shine in my heart" has been included in The Hymnal 1982, Together in Song, and Voices United, while "God, we praise you! God we bless you!" is in Christian Worship, Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, and Together in Song.