Category Archives: Music

Playlist – Fuck them people: A Praise Break

Take a break to praise your Creator. Stomp it out. Scream it out. Shake it out. Release the tensions and frustrations binding you in this climate of intentional terror. For those of us who are awake belong to the day. We are to “put on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” 

Song & Verse: Flowers by Samantha Ebert

**Flowers grow in the valley** https://youtu.be/9DDeSUxcTIY?si=iLI3wFKqrg6Ek7SZ Source: https://youtu.be/9DDeSUxcTIY?si=iLI3wFKqrg6Ek7SZ FLOWERSWell, blue skies and hillsides feel so far awayAnd I wrote in my notebook that I’ve seen better daysThan the ones as of late, I can’t bear the weightThe rain won’t stop pouring out my window paneAnd I haven’t left my bedroom in 76 daysI wish somethingContinueContinue reading “Song & Verse: Flowers by Samantha Ebert”

Paint & Praise: Your Blessings Require Work

Over the last few days, God has reminded me why my time in NYC has been sacred. I’ve long considered my time in NYC to be on-the-job-training for whatever God has in store for me. This is the place He chose to bring me to an understanding of Who HE IS and Who I AM in HIM. He’s been romancing me this week. Gently walking me down memory lane. 

Song & Verse: Worth by Anthony Brown

You thought I was worth saving | So you came and changed my life | You thought I was worth keeping | so you cleaned me up inside | You thought I was to die for |
so you sacrificed your life

So I could be free
So I could be whole
So I could tell everyone I know

Prayer and a song

Waking up with a song in my heart, mind and spirit is one of the most encouraging and soothing things I’ve experienced in my faith walk. Last night I attended our weekly prayer service. I took a long way – a bike ride along the Hudson River Greenway with a pause on a park benchContinueContinue reading “Prayer and a song”

Playing for Change – Stand By Me

  This video brought tears to my eyes and clutched quite a few from my heart as well. The power music has to transform, incite, unite, uplift, commiserate, to express our deepest feelings is illustrated in this video collage of street muscians from around the globe.  This seamless collaboration was produced without any of the musicians meetingContinueContinue reading “Playing for Change – Stand By Me”