A great song…powerful lyrics, that we all need to listen to… couldn’t have written it better myself!
here are some of the lyrics:
“stand up-we shall not be moved
except by a child with no socks and shoes
if you’ve got more to give, then you’ve got to prove,
put your hands up and i’ll copy you”
“…under god, but we [...]
September 5, 2009
Categories: God, Life and Culture, justice, living, music, poetry, politics, quotes, random thoughts, the arts . Tags: 9/11, corruption, flobots, government, justice, Katrina, politics, poor, stand-up . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
This coming Wednesday, March 25th, 7-9pm @ Mill Creek Foursquare Church, there is a human trafficking rally. I will be attending, helping with some info and also playing my song about sex slavery. The more the better, so come if you can and bring some friends. This is an issue that still so [...]
March 23, 2009
Categories: God, Life and Culture, Seattle, justice, living, mission, music, our stuff, politics, the arts . Tags: abolition, children, freedom, human trafficking, justice, modern-day slavery, one voice to end slavery, rally, Seattle, sex slavery, sex trade, sex trafficking . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
This is a video of my friend Beau, who is a resident at the homeless community called Nickelsville, where i spend every Monday night. I have gotten to know Beau over the last two months and know a bit about his life and his story and also have read his amazing poetry. I have taken [...]
December 4, 2008
Categories: Seattle, justice, living, music, poetry, politics, random thoughts, readings, the arts . Tags: Beau, Nickelsville, poetry, Seattle, spoken word . Author: jeff greer . Comments: 4 Comments
I wanted to post about another event coming up near the end of September. There will be a screening for the independent film “War Dance“, which is about the war torn children of Northern Uganda. You can check out the preview of the film at: http://www.wardancethemovie.com.
The screening will also be a fundraiser for Resolve Uganda , [...]
September 9, 2008
Categories: God, Life and Culture, Seattle, justice, living, movies, music, the arts . Tags: Acholi, Africa, children, fundraiser, invisible, Joseph Kony, LRA, music, Northern Uganda, Q cafe, resolve, Seattle, tribe, uganda, war dance . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
some great lyrics from a glen philips tune that i was listening to… thought i would post a link to a video of him playing this song with the lyrics below:
my darkest hour
If I lose my faith
Just remind me, just remind me
When my shadow’s longer
Stay beside me till it’s brighter
How easy I forget
How beautiful to [...]
November 16, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, just random, music, poetry . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I posted anything. I’ve been struggling…pretty much with life. Life comes at you hard sometimes and often when you are taking the heat, you are sometimes at a loss for words. That seems to be where i am right now. I’m certain that soon many words [...]
May 21, 2007
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check out Johnny Cash!
April 8, 2007
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I’ve been doing some thinking about different things (as always) and on a day trip to Sacramento this monday, I was inspired to write a song whilst on the 1.5 hour plane trip down to Cali. It’s about getting the revelation that sometimes it seems that we follow a system instead of a Saviour [...]
November 11, 2006
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