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Upon a Life
This is a guest post from my husband, Brian. Brian works casual call as a nurse and does the majority of the work involved in taking care of our land and animals. In his free time, Brian enjoys planting trees, building things (like this incredible chicken coop), and singing hymns. We’ve been married for 14 years, and I’m happy to call him my husband. *** Upon a life I have not lived, upon a death I did not die,Another’s life, another’s death, I stake my whole eternity. Although I mentioned my love for the hymnal in my first post, I don’t think you’ll find this hymn in any hymnal, unless…
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Sometimes All We Need Is Time
We own an old book called Time for the White Egret by Natalie Savage Carlson. In the book the main character, a cattle egret, searches for a cow to call his very own, a cow that will use her hoofs to stir up insects for him to eat and spend time with him in the field, but no cows are currently available. A pregnant mama cow sees his plight and says, “I already have two egrets…and you have no cow. But time will take care of that.” The little egret does not want to wait, so goes on the hunt for time. He meets a truck and a dog and…
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Justice Will Roll Down
Have you ever heard of Sandra McCracken? She’s one of my favorite singer/songwriters in the Christian music genre. A few of her songs appear on the Indelible Grace albums. She’s also released a plethora of her own music, which I would describe as beautiful, mellow, and poetic while still remaining true to Scripture. You can find some of her sheet music in the Indelible Grace Hymnbook and her albums on Spotify (and probably other listening apps, too). “Justice Will Roll Down” comes from her album In Feast or Fallow, my all-time favorite. This song seemed appropriate to learn and sing through over and over again considering everything going on in…
