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Beauty on the Backroads

Stories of grace for life's unexpected turns

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Anthem Thursday: Hallelujah chorus

May 3, 2012

My husband turned  in the last of his seminary work this week. A long four years comes to an end.

This seems the only appropriate response, and if I had the voice and this many friends, I would find a way to do this in the streets between our house and the seminary.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE]

And I gotta send love to my cousin Abby who is graduating from college today. Hallelujah!

Filed Under: anthem thursdays, music Tagged With: flash mob, graduation, hallelujah chorus, reasons to celebrate

Anthem Thursday: Oh My God

April 26, 2012

I came home one night and my husband was listening to a Jars of Clay album on Spotify. This song is on it, and it’s one of my favorites because it helps me express what I feel about suffering and injustice.

“Oh My God” is such an overused phrase these days, especially when shortened to OMG. There are valid times to say “Oh My God.” The song gives us plenty of examples.

Enough from me.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqeyisb688]

Filed Under: anthem thursdays, music Tagged With: AIDS, disaster, hunger, Jars of Clay, Oh My God, OMG, orphans, spotify, suffering, widows

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