Category: 2024
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The Sustainment of Joy
I want to write a little bit about the holiday season in this post, as we leave Christmas and head into the New Year. When we reach the Christmas season each year, the music, movies, celebrations, and gathering of family and friends usually puts us in a good mood. We…
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Christmas Ode
It’s almost Christmas. A holiday that is so much more than the surface narratives painted in movies. It is the day we celebrate our Savior coming down to us. To be like us and with us. One small part of His unfathomable plan. Let us remember that this Christmas week.…
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I Really Like Hymns
This is one of the first poems that I wrote a couple years ago. I had just started writing songs as well around that time, and the feedback I received from others usually included that the songs reminded them of hymns. I wrestled with that feedback as I wanted the…
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December Topic
The topic for this month is music. As we enter into the Christmas season many of us look forward to the Christmas music specifically. As we feel a sense of family, warmth, hope, and joy when we listen to it. Music has the ability to move us and allow us…
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In the depths of my ineptitude
This month, I usually meditate on the book of Psalms. December is always filled with mixed emotions. I find that the comforting rhythm of the Psalms soothes my restless emotions. They are songs that can remind us that God is with us. He is for us. Even when we feel…
Streams of Comfort 