Steven on September 11th, 2009

Featured song: Met In The Stairwell, written by Stacey Randall, read by Bob Holiday, from late 2001.
Eight years ago today, our world was changed profoundly. By the actions of some very lost men with a very great hatred, many lives were taken in a tragedy that affects us still today.
As an adult, I had not previously experienced a [...]

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Steven on August 31st, 2009

Featured song, The Land Of Oohs And Ahs by Reba Rambo, from her 1977 album Reba Lady.
Unless you have the misfortune to have not experienced one of the great American traditions of the past 70 years, you should have seen at least once the classic MGM movie, The Wizard Of Oz. According the Wikipedia article [...]

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Steven on May 17th, 2009

Featured song: Lazarus Come Forth, from the 1984 album by Carman, Comin’ On Strong
Anyone who grew up in a church that had Sunday school classes for children was exposed at a young age to stories from the Bible. There were stories from the New Testament about Jesus, but there were also those great stories from [...]

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Steven on April 30th, 2009

Featured song: Breakfast Table, by Chris Rice, from his 2005 album, Amusing.
I attended a funeral yesterday for a uncle that I’ve not had much opportunity to see in the past few years. He had lived a long life, but as with everyone, the body finally wore out and he had to leave us. In the [...]

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