There’s a particular store in my favorite town with a small deli where I like to sit and people watch. The customers are so varied in lifestyle, culture, and appearance that I can be kept in wonder for hours. You see, this little town is occupied by the very wealthy and the very poor and […]
I envision the role of a worship leader similar to Abraham’s servant in Genesis 24 who was commissioned by his master to find and prepare a bride for his son Isaac. Abraham bestowed gifts on the servant in order that the servant would lavish them on the bride-to-be. Abraham entrusted him with the task of
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WARNING: This Blog post will make men squeamish as well as most women. Read on at your own risk! I was in the first grade and I lived about a quarter of a mile from my school and so my brother and I would ride our bikes every day to and from school. On this
Jeremiah 18:1-4 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from
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There is much about music that connects to our soul and draws us closer to God. When the music is God-focused, it seems natural to want to know God more. There is a transcendent desire to understand God through the lyrics and tones, to somehow wrap our souls around eternity and “hold” it. Music is
All I can say was that panic set in and I was not prepared for the scenario in front of me. The whole family was on an adventure in the back hills of Homer a couple of years ago, riding two four-wheelers. Jamin, my husband, had the two boys on his machine leading the way,
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I process so much of my feelings and experiences through conversations. I am a communicator. If I can’t talk about it, I write about it. If I can’t blog about it, I write a song to express it. But then there are those things I cannot say. Those things…the current pains that involve people close
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They say that nuts don’t fall far from their trees, and although I was one of those nuts who fell and then rolled thousands of miles away to Alaska, you will find that the similarities between me and the “tree” from which I fell are rather uncanny. I have her features, her “blond” hair, her
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Beyond the four basic seasons of the year, Alaska has one extra season. Following the long months of winter comes a season affectionately termed “Breakup”. This was a new concept to me when I first moved to this state after marrying my Alaskan man. I remember being in the post office one day overhearing women
As a songwriter and speaker I am always listening for phrases, thoughts, and expressions that give words a new setting and deepen their meanings. There are so many phrases and expressions to choose from. Some are powerful, others are empty. Words create pictures. Words create feelings. It is in the expression of those words where