Here is a fun break-the-ice / call-and-response song you’ll love to have in your songleading tool kit. It uses “me first, you second” imitation to get the group into the song instantly. The song is like clean blue jeans — Continue Reading →
Any written version I’ve ever seen of this song is one that at some point I jotted down from memory many years ago. I believe this is one of a number of songs by a wonderfully talented singer-songwriter-saint, Hope Harmon. Continue Reading →
This classic hymn is a prayer of agreement with the Lord and His wonderful design for our lives. It conveys the kind of heart Bible greats like Mary, Solomon, Jabez — and certainly Jesus Christ himself — modeled for us. Continue Reading →
This traditional song is a profession of faith that works for kids of all ages. It is simple enough to sing and to learn quickly. The sheet music (get sheet free at “The Music Box“) includes an optional “descant” melody Continue Reading →
The best things in life cannot be bought. They can only be received. Peace is one of those. “Peace, Peace” is the chorus from “Wonderful Peace”, which is an old hymn with many verses. Please enjoy this chorus, then come Continue Reading →
Years ago I saw comic book ads selling lessons on muscling up. There’s a scrawny fellow on a sandy beach. A bully kicks sand in his face, and the scrawny guy can only sit there and do nothing but be Continue Reading →
I love how well this “sermon in a song” packs so much loving counsel and encouragement into a sweet, memorable bundle that can lighten our load and bubble up from our hearts to compliment — or counter — what our Continue Reading →
My friends Frank and Jane Manasseri sent me their new song. I scratched my head a little at first, but came to see it is indeed a little gem of light-hearted wisdom. It’s a song that can soften and sweeten Continue Reading →
Stephen Foster has been called “the most famous song writer of the nineteenth century”. “Some Folks” is one of over 200 songs he wrote, including “Oh! Susanna”, “Camptown Races”, “Old Folks at Home” (“Swanee River”), “My Old Kentucky Home” and Continue Reading →
It is wonderful to have someone else take us by the hand and lead us to the Lord. But we each want to get to the place that we continue reaching out to the Lord on our own. One step Continue Reading →
