Our Stories Unleashed

Our Voices Rise

I can’t be sure if this is accurate but if I had to guess, my first exposure to music came by way of my mom or my dad singing over me when I was a baby.  I would imagine this is true for a lot of people.  The first songs we hear are often those sung over us before we can even walk or talk.  From there the world of music only grows.  The exposure continues through things we hear on the radio, the television or in our schools.  At one point or another every human...

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Let Us Remember

When I was a child I loved playing the game Memory.  You have a bunch of cards face down on the floor and then you flip them over one at a time to make a match.  I played this game with my grandmother all the time.  It’s a fun childhood game that often serves as an early introduction to many children to use their memory.  The ability to recall information seems to vary from one person to the next.  Some people seem to struggle with remembering information while...

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We Can Focus on Today

This was a different sort of prayer.  It wasn’t the prayer offered out of memory or routine, like the ones you say before a meal or before bed.  It wasn’t a spontaneous prayer of joyful gratitude, like the ones you declare at the sound of good news or great relief.  This was a prayer from the depths of her heart.  It was a prayer offered in deep anguish.  A prayer offered from the heavy weight of a wound that wouldn’t heal.  Deep anguish. Eli...

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