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
check out this video of some people from an organization called ‘one voice to end slavery’. they started this thing called ‘the freeze project’, where a couple hundred people will simultaneously stand completely still in place for 5 minutes… all to raise awareness of the staggering numbers of humans trapped in the sex slave trade [...]
September 3, 2008
Categories: Seattle, fun stuff, justice, living, mission, outdoors, the arts . Tags: activism, awareness, freeze, human trafficking, one voice to end slavery, project, sex trafficking, slave, trade . Author: jeff greer . Comments: 2 Comments
I love to hear Rob Bell speak… he has a prophetic gift… a gift of wisdom! Saw this on my friend Matt’s blog and had to repost it here! this is from an interview with ‘the Wittenburg Door‘
DOOR: You talk a lot about storytelling—reclaiming the art of preaching away from the engineers and [...]
October 23, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, just random, justice, mission, random thoughts, the arts . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
(below is the first part of hopefully many more of my thoughs on the subject of worship. these are all thoughts that I have randomly dwelt on, pondered or even jotted down over a period of time and actually still am pondering and jotting down. this would be one of those times. [...]
October 16, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, random thoughts, the arts, worship . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
check out Johnny Cash!
April 8, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, music, poetry, the arts, worship . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
Today is officially the start of the Chinese New Year! It is the year of the Pig (or Boar), and based on the year I was born (1971), according to the Chinese zodiac, I am a Pig as well. My wife is a Rooster and my daughter is a Monkey, just in case [...]
February 18, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, our stuff, random thoughts, the arts . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: 1 Comment