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 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
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
–i originally posted this on my friends new creative writing site, scribalmusings.com, so i wanted to post it here as well and let others know about his writing site. check it out and read on!–
mire – a psalm
oh god—why are you silent. where are you? have you left me?
i seek and seek and find [...]
August 10, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, poetry, prayers, worship . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
this is a prayer from the Northumbria Community’s Celtic Daily Prayer Book:
May the Father of Life pour out His grace on you;
may you feel His hand in everything you do
and be strengthened by the things He brings you through:
this is my prayer for you.
May the Son of God be Lord in all your ways;
may He [...]
June 2, 2007
Categories: Celtic, God, Life and Culture, poetry, prayers . . 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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