The picture this song paints gave hope and energy to the first people who sang it. It still inspires confidence in us who sing it today. Have you ever carried something precious in your hands? A puppy? A baby? The Continue Reading →
It’s good to store happy thoughts in the library of the mind. Here’s a song that helps us with just that very thing. Give it a sing-along listen, then come back and we’ll look at some things in our lives Continue Reading →
The prophet Elijah is one of God’s superstars in the Bible. He walked with God and did amazing works. But even Elijah got tired and discouraged. This song is about Elijah almost fainting in a down time and about how Continue Reading →
This song was why summer camp buses were invented. The song comes alive when accompanied by the wind howling through the bus’s open windows and the bus tires tapping their feet on the rolling asphalt. It’s a match made in Continue Reading →
Our song “My God Is So Great” sounds a lot like bragging. Since bragging is not welcome in polite company, maybe we should pass by this song. But we won’t! Please give the song a sing-along listen, then come back Continue Reading →
When I was a kid our family vacationed at a YMCA camp in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota. There I learned how to handle a canoe and pitch a tent. And there I learned to love singing Continue Reading →
This delightful little song can lift tons of burden off our backs if we’ll let it remind us how huge salvation is compared to whatever worries trouble us. Please enjoy a sing-along listen, and come back for more. Prophets of Continue Reading →
One reason we love the record of Daniel and the lions’ den is that it teaches us about real peace, real power and real life. These were very real for Daniel. They can also be very real for each of Continue Reading →
I heard a radio ad offering a service they said would replace my fear with peace. Their plan for peace is to show me how to get my money in order so I would be set financially for the rest of my life. The peace that comes from knowing we will have what we need is, indeed, wonderful. The trick is to see that not all peace is the same. To compare the peace that comes from a healthy bank statement with the peace that Jesus brings is to compare the light that comes from a candle with the light that comes from the sun. We can benefit from both kinds of light, but we must see how they are different. Continue Reading →
Must we repeat ourselves? Sometimes it would be a mistake.Other times it is our highest privilege.Please enjoy this song, and come back for ideas on improving our skills as teachers and as learners. Toilet training in less than a day Continue Reading →