Keep On The Firing Line
A song urging us to “keep on the firing line” might seem out of place at church, especially for the many of us who have grown up in times of peace and have not needed to learn how to suit Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Dale Reichel
Unafraid
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1). Oh, where would we be without the Psalms?!? Please give “Unafraid” a Continue Reading →
Christ Is Ready To Welcome
This bright song is like a Swiss army knife — many tools in one package — to chase garden-variety gloom out of most any situation or time. It can also brighten a day that is already going well. Need new Continue Reading →
In The Garden
How do we get to know someone better? Our song “In The Garden” suggests answers to that question. Please give it a sing-along listen, then lets talk about building warm relationships. Getting to know you It is not hard for Continue Reading →
God Will Take Care Of You
This encouraging song is one of many written by a person who overcame a noteworthy personal physical limit and, among other things, developed a wonderful capacity and platform to encourage others in the Lord. Please give her song a sing-along Continue Reading →
Dakota Hymn
Our song writer, Joseph Renville, was born in 1779 in a small village near the east bank of the Mississippi River in a place now called St. Paul, Minnesota, only four miles from where I was born 175 years later. Continue Reading →
You Took Good Care Of Me
Kids, teens, adults — we all slip and slide at times. This is a happy and thankful song about God’s good pleasure to take care of us in those times, and always. Please enjoy the song, then come back for Continue Reading →
In Thee Do I Trust
One sunny summer afternoon more than 40 years ago a friend said, “Let’s write a song.” She suggested a verse from Psalm 143, and we were off and running. We wrote “In Thee Do I Trust” at a time when Continue Reading →
Come Christians Join To Sing
The original lyrics to this song (published in 1843) are credited to Christian Henry Bateman (1813-1889). Bateman ministered in England and Scotland for over fifty years and wrote a handful of hymns, this one being his best-known. I gather this Continue Reading →
What God Will Do For You
Charlie Johnston likes to weave God into the conversation any time he can. In this song he uses a classic technique to start the visit — he leads with a question. “Do you know what God will do for you?” Continue Reading →