AHAHAHAHAHAHA!  I was very uninspired today so I was scrolling through my itunes seeing if anything would hit me and this song was listed.  I have NEVER, and I mean never, heard this song before.  I have NO idea how it has landed in my itunes, nobody in my family knows anything about it either!  What first caught my eye was the album this song comes from is titled, "Look Into The Eyeball" and my friend Judy and I have a long-standing joke about eyeballs.  But seriously.  Why is this song in my itunes and where in the world did it come from?!?  Tee hee hee... David Bryne's song, "Like Humans Do" is a simple song about well, humans.  We breathe in and we breathe out and in the midst of the in and out we live our days.  All humans do it no matter where they are at in the world. It is a universal fact that we live our days as we breathe in and out.  So breathe in.  And now breathe out.  And live your day!  Like Humans Do

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  Listening to New Kids on the Block through my daughter's response to them is SO funny!  She thinks I'm crazy for ever liking NKOTB and I tell her they were to me what Justin Bieber is to her.  She looks at me doubtful but it's true!  Tee hee hee... I hung a poster of NKOTB on my ceiling in my mid-high years and I remember being on the phone with friends talking about each member.  Oh my.  It's almost a requirement of the pre-teen and teen years to have crushes on the most ridiculous bands!  Today's song is chosen because it is Monday...remember you just gotta hang tough!  AHAHAHAHAHA!  Happy Monday everyone! Hangin' Tough

What do you think of the love of Jesus?  Do you think is is something that the weak in mind lean on?  Do you think it is something that empowers you?  Do you think it is for pansies or for the strong?  Have you scoffed at his love?  Have you questioned his love?  Have you embraced his love?  Have you allowed his love to lead you through life?  As I get older and observe more of people and this world I see the love of God doing one of two things.  Dividing or uniting.  There is no in between.  You cannot straddle the fence between the two.  Not making a decision IS making a decision!  As I age I realize that the ONLY thing I can do is share my genuine experience with God and his love and hope that it softens a hard heart or prompts someone to consider it.  The short story of my experience with God's love is this:  I am weak and his love makes me strong, I do not understand the depth and breadth of God's love but I don't let that stop me from embracing it, and every day I

I have a special love for Kenny G.  :) I don't know what it is about his music but I LOVE it!  And when I'm not feeling very inspired or when I don't feel like listening to words I pop him in because his music inspires and stirs me.  This song I really really love. In fact I had my bridesmaids walk down the aisle at our wedding to this song.  I love it that much!  I think what I love with Kenny G and other musicians like him (I love Jim Brickman also) is their music inspires you to write your own words, to write your own story with their music as the soundtrack.  So this particular song of his makes me think of the time surrounding my wedding; the planning, the visual I get of my bridesmaids walking down the aisle to it, and really just the whole day.  It was Lanny and I's moment, when we began OUR story and others joined us in witnessing it and agreeing to it!  :) The Moment

For some reason I'm pretty sure this song has undertones that I'm not picking up on!  :)  But I like it for it's upfront message about shopping.  I especially think it is appropriate when he sings, "I'm trying to pick up a friendly bargain, But it's not like the adverts all make out."  :) Also the line, "I'm haunted by the colours and hoardings a reminder that I must be inadequate."  What I find interesting about that line is that many people sub-consciously do shop to keep up with the "Jones' " and a lot of times that does lead to some level of hoarding!  So does that make me a semi-level hoarder as I go out today and join the masses in getting the "deals"?!?  AHAHAHAHA!! Happy Black Friday everyone! Shopping

Thank you Mary Chapin Carpenter for singing such a simple and beautiful song for the things that mean the most and we should reflect on during Thanksgiving.  I love Mary's voice, it's earthy and pure.  You can sense that she doesn't have to strive to reach a note, it just flows out of her.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  May you be blessed, may you take time to reflect on the people and things in your life that are the source of fulfillment and gratefulness.  Thanksgiving Song

www.africanchildrenschoir.com I love this choir!  No matter who I hear them singing with I am moved and then when I hear them sing "alone" I am ecstatic!  Some people think these children from Africa are being exploited so I thought I'd do a quick history on the choir.  Started in 1984 as a method to provide education and hope to the "least of these" in Africa it currently has about 4000 children in the Music For Life Program!  Not only do the children receive education but they receive clean water, food, clothing, and medical care - it is much like Compassion and World Vision in it's heart and mission.  All the children sing but there is a "base" choir that tours the USA, Canada, and UK sharing the message of the Gospel and giving voice to the future of Africa, the children.  The new choirs train in Uganda which is where the vision started.  However Music For Life is currently in 7 countries in Africa!  These children are NOT being exploited for

My hub calls George Strait "Wilbur Crooked".  I'd have to say that in country circles that boarders on blasphemy!  Haha!  Actually he does it just to mess with fans of this amazing artist. George Strait has earned and deserves every award he has ever received.  Not only is his talent out of this world but many sources have said he is the nicest, most down to earth genuine man you'll ever meet.  My cousin, Jodi, shot this song my way as a suggestion for this blog.  After hearing it I know why it must be one of Jodi's favorites.  Jodi and her kids are great examples of living for and in the moments that take your breath away rather than just living to breath and get through.  They face challenges head on and have a great support system in place to help them appreciate the moments that life hands you as a gift.  Jodi never complains but always finds a reason to "make lemonade out of those lemons"!  Jodi and her kiddos are great inspiration for living li

Sometimes Mondays can make us feel a little goofy.  This song can help that feeling!  I think this song is a great comic relief for any Monday blues you may run into!  :)  And don't forget to do the hand motions, I think they are very important!!!  :)  Llama Song *Thanks to the Friscic Boys and their Mama for passing this song my way! :)

Blood is creepy.  Well to most people at least.  So when us believers talk about the blood of Jesus cleansing us and others no wonder some people think we are in a cult or have lost our minds!  Here's the deal on that.  Ready?  Jesus gave his life, bore our sins on himself, shed his blood and paid a price that we will now never have to pay.  It's not like I'm walking around wearing a vile of Jesus' blood as a guarantee against anything.  His blood didn't need to touch me in the physical sense in order for me to be cleansed from my sin and unrighteousness. And the good news is the same holds true for you!  The only thing we have to do to be cleansed by the blood he shed for us is to say, "You know what God?  I believe that, I believe that you sent Jesus to shoulder all of my ick and pay the price for it and I can accept it.  So I accept it and want to live a life that shows others that I accept the gift and I believe it."  THAT'S IT!!  It is a free gift

Brandon Heath has this way of getting right down to the heart of the matter.  So far every song I've heard of his I love AND I relate to!  I have a feeling he and I would have some good, deep conversations.  I really heard the words to this song a week or so ago.  And it hit me for a couple of reasons.  One, at the beginning of the song he says that from a young age he was intrigued (my word, not his) by the Light.  I relate to that.  I have always had this thing in my heart and mind that has leaned toward God (i.e. the Light).  On my own I have always sought out God.  And like him I haven't always gotten it right but I kept pressing in and trying to make the connection complete.  As I get older I realize more and more it is God's love that is enough and all that is truly needed.  The love of God is healing, powerful, restorative, defining, hope, and so much more!  Two, I am a "doer" by nature.  It's how I'm wired, by God.  But being a "doer" m

The minute I started listening to this song for the first time today I knew I would have to post it as the song for today.  And then I saw the video, I'm so visual, and I KNEW I really had to post it!  Take the 3 minutes and some odd seconds to watch this video and listen to this song.  I just finished a book by Cathy Lamb titled "Such a Pretty Face" and it addressed some hard issues.  Eating disorders, Schizophrenia, verbal abuse, and a few others.  And it gave me such insight into especially the world of schizophrenia and their families.  But in one part of the book the main character, who had gastric bypass surgery because she was morbidly obese, talks about fat people and the world's perception of them not to mention the world's treatment of them.  The most important thing she said is that fat people are people too.  They have value and worth just like anyone else.  And if people would take the time to look below the fat they would see that the reason these

Ah.  U2.  Bono.  Controversy!  It's because people interpret the songs in so many different ways and say their way is right.  Regardless of what you or I may actually think or feel about Bono and U2 I will say that on the whole issue of poverty, human rights, and fighting for the "least of these" he is AWESOME.  I don't know where he stands with Jesus personally but his life sure looks an awful lot like the hands and feet of Jesus.  I take Bono at face value and I take U2's songs at face value.  I remember when this one came out and oh the debates and discussions about the meaning of it!  Cracks me up.  So.  What does this song mean?  Are Bono and U2 looking for Christ?  Are they actually saying they can't find him?  GASP.  I don't know.  All I know is that I have observed Bono in the past years living out his convictions and beliefs.  I say let them speak for themselves.  And if at one point he and U2 were seeking and not finding who knows?  Perhaps they

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I have got the giggles.  When I pulled this up and listened to it I could see why it was my friend Misty's fave song currently!!  AHAHAHAHA!  This is great Misty, it's so you!  :)  I personally have never understood the need to completely let loose to the point of no rules.  This doesn't surprise anyone who knows me well.  My Type A personality likes rules way too much and THESE house rules don't count in my world!  Ha!  But those good 'ole country boys know how to throw a humdinger of a party.  What I think is interesting about country boys is that they can party hard at night but during the day they are PERFECT gentlemen.  Such an odd contrast of behaviors but then again I think that's why girls like a country boy! :)  Well this song should get you through your mid-week just fine, thanks Misty for shooting it my way! :)  The House Rules

This song pulls and pulls at me every time I hear it.  It's one of those songs that makes me think, "Beth just be honest with yourself and with others."  Raw honesty is sometimes the best way to go, especially when you catch people looking at you in weird ways because they wonder what is up with your strange behaviors.  :)  People who know me well know when I'm not behaving like myself.  So.  If you have been wondering what in the world is wrong with me :) then today's song may give you a few hints.  I've been "sleeping in", trying to escape hard stuff, painful stuff, weary stuff.  And while I've been sleeping I've been asking God what needs to happen to wake up.  He's been good to show me the ways but it's been a process.  I'm still pretty sleepy but God has been telling me it's time to start waking up.  Because we ALL have to wake up eventually!  :)  So now you know.  If I haven't been very visible in your world or v

I LOVE THIS SONG!!  It's a great song to start off the work week because it's just fun and silly!  The Spin Doctors are fun.  I think they are great.  Very kooky and fun spirited.  They make me super happy.  Even my rocker hub likes the song "Two Princes".  I remember when I first heard this song I was hooked and would play it at loud levels in my car while driving.  And I would play it over and over again.  I obviously truly love it!!  And I love The Spin Doctors.  They are kooky in a different way than say The Talking Heads and I prefer their kookiness to Talking Heads.  :)  All a matter of preference I know but I think The Spin Doctors are a great way to kick off the work week!!  Have fun!  Two Princes

There is nothing like the hymns.  NOTHING.  And what I love is that they are timeless, universal, and foundational.  The message of hymns brings me back to the basics of this life I live with Christ.  I remember as a kid being so bored with the hymns, not understanding the power of the message.  As I have gotten older I have found myself preferring the hymns from back in the day to the modern day worship songs.  Don't get me wrong, I love a whole bunch of those songs but there is NOTHING like the hymns.  I remember a few years ago a friend saying she wished we would incorporate more hymns into our modern worship times.  I know what she means.  I feel blessed that almost every Sunday at our church we sing at least one hymn.  I think a lot of people believe that there is no place for hymns any longer unless you are 95 and Baptist. :) I beg to differ!  The next time you hear a hymn just listen .  Listen with your heart and see if you don't get what I keep saying about these anoint

Talking Heads are SO weird!! Today's song is kind of an ode to what I am doing today.  I am taking part in a "de-hoard".  And I'm excited about it!!  (I'm weird, I know...)  I wonder if at the end of the day or at some point during the day I will want to say, "Let's just burn down the house."  AHAHAHAHA!  That's why I thought that the Talking Heads should be given this space today and with this song.  Hoarders fascinate me.  I can't get enough of the show and I think it's because, along with the psychologists, I'm trying to figure out the why's of their hoarding.  I've always been interested in trying to help someone figure out their wounds, their responses to their wounds, and changing it so it is healthy and not unhealthy.  Hoarding is always an unhealthy response to wounding.  But enough of this seriousness... With Talking Heads on the playlist for today how could anyone be serious for very long?!? :)  Burning Down

I'm super thankful that God doesn't walk away from me when I am not responsive to him.  I'm so grateful that he pursues me even when I am not pursuing him.  And I am so glad that my voice reaches his ears and heart no matter when I speak and no matter how long it has been since I have spoken with him.  Have you ever asked God to relent with you?  To give up on you or give up on a course of action you feel he wants you to do?  God does not and cannot and will not relent!  WHY?  So many times I ask why?  Just give me a break God (yep, insert whine into that phrase).  God doesn't relent because he sees what I cannot, he knows what I don't.  If my life was a huge painting the difference in God's perspective and mine is this: he sees the whole painting, I see about 1/8 of a centimeter of it.  That's the reality.  And that's why God won't relent.  I'm glad he won't relent when I beg and plead.  I'm glad that he knows my true heart rather th

Veteran's Day.  THANK YOU men and women who have selflessly served our country and ensured our freedoms while putting your lives on the line.  The older I get the more I appreciate this service that has been performed.  It hit me this morning that it's kind of like what Jesus did on the cross for us.  Jesus took on the punishment for my sins and paid the price for them and all I had to do was accept it.  I think about the conversation he and the thief on the cross next to him had and see this in a similar light.  Jesus said, "I'll take your sins on myself.  I'll do it."  The thief recognized the gift and said, "Okay."  Our men and women in military service to this country have said, "We'll do it.  We'll put our lives on the line, ourselves in harms way to gain freedoms for this country."  And us, the citizens, have said, "Okay."  Our men and women in the military deserve our gratitude, our helping hand when they return,

Today is an ode to the great state of Colorado.  And to John Denver who managed to cross genres and speak to a diverse group of people through his music.  Johnny loved Colorado and I happen to agree with him.  I've lived here almost 30 years and no matter where I go in the world I am always ready to come back home to "my" Rocky Mountains.  Something about the range that stretches as far as I can see from north to south speaks to my heart, provides inspiration, calms me.  I LOVE Colorado, I LOVE the mountains that sit in front of me each day.  I love what they inspire in people.  I never get sick of looking at photos of these mountains, I never get sick of looking at photos from other amazing spots in this state.  There is something magical about this state, these Rocky Mountains.  If you've never been here you need to come.  Then you'll see why we love our state!  :)  Rocky Mountain High

Sometimes life is crazy.  Sometimes life is chaotic.  Sometimes life is bright and sunny and sometimes it is dark and cloudy.  Sometimes life is crystal clear and sometimes life is murky.  And through all these sometimes all we can do is hang on.  So far, in my 36 years of life, all I have found that is worth hanging on to and keeping a grip on is God and his Word.  It has brought me sanity when I am going insane.  It has brought me healing when I am walking through deep woundedness.  It has brought me comfort when there is none to be found elsewhere.  It has brought me life when death threatened to swallow me up.  In the past year things have been a little crazy. In my life and in the lives of many of my friends.  One of my besties, RoJo (not real name...or is it?!? HA!), has had a crazy year.  God, in his provision and wisdom, uprooted her and her family from Colorado to Salt Lake City.  Not only has it been a transition establishing a new home in a new city and having to find ne

I think every Monday needs something catchy to kick off the work/school week!  This song does the trick for me.  I can get it stuck in my head so easily so chances are I'm gonna be singing this one the rest of the day! :)  Probably you will be too!  Haha!   My oldest redhead wonder likes this song, she suggested it for today.  It's such a fun song, there's no real message it's just fun.  I actually find it kind of annoying and yet I obviously can't help myself because here it is featured!  :)  So throw your hands up in the air sing ay-oh and let go!  Make your Monday great!  Dynamite 

I think from the time I was aware of God I had this song, this refrain on my heart.  It seems that I have been wired to walk close with God.  And the truth is all of us have been wired that way.  We all search to connect what seems disconnected.  The only thing I have found to connect me is a close walk with the One who created me.  Not rituals, not rote sayings, not religion but a walk, which insinuates relationship.  In my weakness I draw no strength from rituals, I only draw strength from walking with him.  I draw no sense of morality from religion, I only draw my morals from knowing him through his word and through relationship with him.  I draw no wisdom from rote sayings, I only draw wisdom from his word filling me up so that I can be his mouthpiece.  I have found nothing so satisfactory as walking close with him .  If you find yourself unsatisfied with life (be honest with yourself, look deeper than the surface of your life) then perhaps what you need is to connect with God, t

You can't not include Journey in a journey (haha) through awesome songs!  They have a sound all their own.  A song starts playing on the radio and you aren't sure who it is until the singer starts and then you know.  If it's Journey you'll know.  Of course we have two (if you count Arnel Pineda, which you have to since the band Journey did pick him!) different singers fronting Journey so I've included them for you today.  Yet even with two different fronters Journey still have a sound all their own.  There have been a couple of other fronts for Journey but none so successful and so distinct as Steve Perry and Arnel Pineda.  Arnel's story is quite unusual.  He's from the Philippines and Journey caught wind of this guy who sang and sounded SO much like Steve Perry that they looked him up, loved what they heard and he became the newest member of Journey!  Journey still goes strong as they are releasing a new album in 2011 and hitting the road to tour as well. 

This may start a controversy...or not.  Peter Cetera IS Chicago.  :)  NO other before him and certainly no other after him has lived up to Chicago's musical influence.  I can barely listen to Chicago if Peter is not singing.  Really!  I have this very clear memory of when Chicago first took root in my personal "playlist".  My high school bestie, and still one of my bestie's today, and I had been hanging out one night and we ended up in the parking lot of our school listening to my Chicago CASSETTE TAPE (yep, remember those?!?) and talking until only God literally knows what time.  And my cassette tape played about a gazillion times in the background of our conversations that night.  From that moment on "You're the Inspiration" was our song - but not in the way the song means for it to be a couples song, haha!  So Sandy, this one's for you - to all the amazing memories we have shared in and created throughout the years.  Love ya girl!  You'r

Oh Piano Man!  While my Dad raised me on Beach Boys, The Letterman, The Temptations, etc my Mom raised me on Billy Joel!  And I love me some Billy.  His piano playing is beyond words, his songs are stories, and his voice is one of a kind.  I love the clip I included because at the beginning it shows just his hands playing the piano and it's awesome.  I love this song.  I love it even more since I have been to NYC.  I am fortunate to be able to have reasons to visit NYC since my siblings live there!  And I LOVE NYC, I mean I love that city!  I love that you can only get the best of some things there.  Around the nation people may try to mimic NYC originals but nothing, and I mean nothing, compares to original NYC.  For example, salt bagels, cheesecake, black & white cookies, frozen hot chocolate, Broadway, Times Square, the energy, the people, and I could go on and on.  If you have never been there then in order to understand you need to go, if you have been there then you kno

I've been thinking a lot about forgiveness the past few days.  It's a topic I think about often, actually.  I think about receiving it, extending it, living in and out of it.  Sanctus Real has verbalized some of the most important aspects of forgiveness in this song.  It really connects with places in my heart.  There are a couple of phrases that really stick out to me in this song.  Things that I know I forget are benefits or gifts of forgiveness.  One is, "I don't have to carry the weight of who I've been".  How many times do I try to carry around on my back the weight of the past that I have sought forgiveness for and yet somehow think I must bear the burden of it, like a punishment of sorts, for a certain amount of time - determined by me of course.  Why would I ever think to include God in this?  (Sensing the sarcasm yet? Haha)  And yet God doesn't ask me to take on a self-imposed punishment for mistakes, failures, sins.  He has promised me that one

In honor of election day today I thought a little humor would be in order, just to ease the tension of our national elections the song I found is in parody of the UK elections!  ;)  Seems that no matter where you go in the world, politics is a hot button.  And we are not the only nation who differs in opinions, views, etc but while I couldn't find one song on or about our election season the UK had plenty of choices!  It appears they are able to take it all a bit more tongue in cheek than we Americans do or even can.  You won't be able to engage me very often in a political discussion.  One reason is I HATE, and I do mean hate exactly how it is defined, the tension it can and does introduce into a situation and/or relationship.  I don't even like talking politics with my like-minded friends and family!  I hate everything about it.  Do I have specific views?  Yep.  Do I have firm opinions on candidates, etc?  Yep.  Will you ever see me post something on my FaceBook status,

Happy Monday and Happy November 1st!  I thought this song would be perfect for today as we all head back to work with sugar hangovers!  Haha!  The movie "Enchanted" is fun and I love Amy Adam's character because she turns ANYTHING into fun...like working!  What kind of difference would you make in your place of work if you were cheery?  :)  Now I'm not necessarily suggesting you dance around your place of work and sing loudly but a smile, especially on a Monday, is always a pleasant thing to see!  So come my little friends, let's all "sing" a cheery little working song!  :)  Happy Working Song