(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Praise our God, all ye His servant, Ye that fear Him, small and great; With a sacrifice of worship In His glorious presence wait. Refrain Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia – Praise our God! 2 Praise our God, all … Continue reading #7: Praise Our God
A Blast of the Past #3 — Can You Count
More photos from my college days. Birthday photos. The question is which birthday? Do these photos come from the same birthday or different birthdays? You see, my birthday always fell right around the end of the second semester, usually in the break between the end of semester and finals week. So according to these pictures, … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #3 — Can You Count
A Blast of the Past — my past this time
Yesterday I featured photos from a 23-year-old photo album. They were from my wife's photo album, events I didn't experience. Today I started on an album from my own life. These pictures come from my original college days about 28 years ago. They were an assortment of events. And though I had experienced them all, … Continue reading A Blast of the Past — my past this time
A Blast of the Past — someone else’s past
Earlier this week I started a project I have been intending to work on for quite some time. It will take quite awhile to finish. That project is scanning all our non-digital photos into the computer. Part of the length of the project is going to be how many photos we have. Another part is … Continue reading A Blast of the Past — someone else’s past
There is a Tavern in the Town
This song has the musical notation of “andante” at the beginning, which I read as a slower speed, but to my ear it feels like it should have a more rollicking tavern-song tempo. The introduction has a lot of octaves in it with a lot of octave jumps, so I tend to play the into … Continue reading There is a Tavern in the Town
#6: Come, Thou Almighty King
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Come, Thou almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing, Help us to praise: Father, all-glorious, O’er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days. 2 Come, thou Incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword, … Continue reading #6: Come, Thou Almighty King
Spring Cleaning
Friday -- The First Day of Spring Saturday -- The First Day of Spring Cleaning Spring Cleaning is the time of year when you drag everything out after being cooped up all winter and clean it all out, give everything a clean shake. It probably was a little more obviously necessary before the age of … Continue reading Spring Cleaning
#5: Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Begin, my tongue some heav’nly theme, And speak some boundless thing – The mighty works or mightier name Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of His wondrous faithfulness And sound His pow’r abroad; Sing the sweet promise … Continue reading #5: Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme
What do you do?
Okay, I can see a trend. I'm finding videos to post in the blog and comment on. This particular clip reminds me of the old saw that it is how you say it. For example: When I look into your eyes the wheels of time stand still. You have a face that could stop a … Continue reading What do you do?
Conversation at McDonalds — differing views on work by McDonald’s employees
This post spins out from a conversation overheard recently at a McDonald's one evening while I was chilling there surfing the internet and working on various writing projects. Two McDonald's employees were working on taking care of the trash from the various trash cans, discussing techniques used. Somehow the conversation turned to this exchange: Employee … Continue reading Conversation at McDonalds — differing views on work by McDonald’s employees
