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Where can you look and not see God? I was on the bus, people watching when this ‘master of the obvious’ idea for a song hit me. JOHN ‘God Is There, Everywhere’ Look to the left, look to the right … Continue reading →

I did meet Lynn for coffee yesterday. We had a great and far-ranging conversation. I saw God’s healing processes at work within him as we spoke. It’s so obvious that he misses Carla so but also that he has found … Continue reading →

This song came to me this morning as I was thinking about meeting a friend of mine, Lynn, for coffee later today. I hadn’t seen him in quite a while and he called a few days ago to let me … Continue reading →

Many of us keep looking somewhere else trying to find God and trying to find happiness. I’m convinced God is with us every moment of every day, if we can just find a way to see. May you feel and … Continue reading →

Starting in late April 2011, I felt distant from God for about 5 months. This song was one of the few I wrote during that time. Reading it now, I still don’t know what brought on the distance that led … Continue reading →

This song originated in a period where much of my focus was on the soul literally being a part of God. I still think it extremely likely that this is true. I wrote the first two lines of the first … Continue reading →

This song is meant to honor Mark Callahan, a Mayo physician who was to travel with us to Guatemala this year. He passed away December 28, 2011, a few days after learning he had pancreatic cancer and likely had a … Continue reading →

I wrote this at Christmas time, 2011. A great deal was happening. Jan and I were preparing to go on our second trip to Guatemala and one of the physicians, Mark Callahan learned he had terminal cancer about 10 days … Continue reading →

O spirit of the living God, draw close to us now, That we may hear the touch of angel wings as they pass These words were part of our church’s call to worship yesterday (Christmas) morning. I immediately wrote down … Continue reading →

This song was written Monday morning after driving back from Indiana for most of the night. We were returning from our Christmas gathering with my family. The first two lines of the chorus came to me while I was still … Continue reading →