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THE CALL

My SoCS post Saturday was on a topic prompt by Linda G. Hill, a childhood song.  My response was basically about nursery rhymes and other secular types of songs. However, the songs that really fed into my life were adult … Continue reading

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THIS IS MY STORY

THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY SONG, PRAISING MY SAVIOR, ALL THE DAY LONG! 8:00 I roused myself enough to know the temperature was not too bad. I had a new supply of oxygen in the tank. So I … Continue reading

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I LOVE SONGS

Lighter mood today. This is a cut and paste re-do from 2017 ABCDEFG—HIJKLMNOP……With a oink, oink, here, and an oink, oink, there……everywhere an oink, oink……one little, two little, three little Indians……Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum……Oh, be careful little hands what you … Continue reading

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CLYDE SINGS THE LIGHTHOUSE

“What are you going to do with that?” I really didn’t know for sure. It was certainly not what I went out looking for that day. But there it was standing on an easel in the resale shop. My heart … Continue reading

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JESUS IS THE SONG

I’ve probably posted this before. Facebook pulled it up today. I have been feeling bummed out because I cannot sing anymore. So it hit home. I can still mouth the words, listen to others, read the hymn books and sometimes … Continue reading

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NO MIKE NEEDED

My ninety-two year old husband. Little writing so you can afford your time with him. He and this piano player have never seen each other until this night. The night my family and community had dinner together before Clyde’s memorial … Continue reading

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SPEAKING OF COLORS AND SONGS

What color are the songs you sing? In churches of the past we sang in vibrant brilliant reds, “There is a Fountain, who is the King. Victorious Warrior and Lord of Everything…” Now I love that chorus, but I also … Continue reading

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WHEN SPARROWS SANG -ALTAR

Twenty-some years ago I wrote a manuscript called “When Sparrows Sang.”  It consisted of memories of singing songs in the churches I attended the first half of my life.  Basically relating to hymn singing or southern gospel songs sung by … Continue reading

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OH, LORD, SEND A REVIVAL

AND SEND ONE RIGHT NOW! I, with most Christians, want one.  But how much price are we willing to pay.  Many of us are going to give a couple hours today since it is Sunday.  What things happened to bring … Continue reading

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OLD AGE SIGN? ‘FRAID SO

A BIT FROM THE PAST. I was about ten. Mon was ironing. I took the songbook in to her and asked her to listen to the songs that I knew in that book. I was so proud; I really knew … Continue reading

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