Weekly Vlog

It seems lately that there are all kinds of struggles going on the lives of people I love very much. And there are big global challenges going on in the world, too.

I wish I could press the "fix" button and evaporate everyone's troubles (I'm sure you do, too). I haven't found where that universal "fix" button is located. So in the meantime, I spend my days and nights as a pastor; now and then I write songs.

I just wrote this song last night, so that's why I'm looking at the screen during the video. I had the lyrics on the computer.

The song is about how sometimes people and circumstances try to drag us down, but in those moments - we can choose to rise above it.



"Above It"
Written 6.3.2011

You have this way of making me forget,
Who I want to be and goals I have not met.
I hate to say it but I know it’s true;
I lost a part of me when I loved you.

But that will not be the final word.
Yes, you pushed me down but I will still be heard.
And with love and grace I’ll make my way;
I’m not so small.
I’ll rise above it all.

I’m not the first person to stand right here,
A little loneliness and lots of fear.
Unsure of every step, afraid to fall
Without a voice to speak, who would I call?

But that will not be the final word.
Yes, you pushed me down but I will still be heard.
And with love and grace I’ll make my way;
I’m not so small.
I’ll rise above it all.

But that will not be the final word.
Yes, you pushed me down but I will still be heard.
And with love and grace I’ll make my way;
I’m not so small.
I’ll rise above it all.

I'll rise above it all.

I'll rise above it all.

FYI - Meditation update (from last week's vlog): I failed miserably. :) Oh well! I'm going to try again this week. But my goal is a mere 1-minute of intentional meditation per day. I work about 8:30am-9pm many days of the week, so that makes any non-work related goals very tricky to achieve. I feel like 1-minute of meditation a day is a first step. Baby steps, right?