By Request, ‘He Is Here’

We have this, requested by Erlene: He Is Here, performed by the Gaither Vocal Band.

Can someone help me out with the name of the soloist? I haven’t been able to find it.

By Request, ‘As the Deer’

We have a hymn request from Erlene: As the Deer, by the Maranatha Singers. Adapted from Psalm 42 (“As the hart panteth after the water brooks”).

The hymn shop is open to one and all, every day.

Bonus Hymn, ‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’

We have a hymn request from Erlene: What a Friend We Have in Jesus, sung by Alan Jackson.

The colonoscopy looms, with a prep period that strikes me as fiendish, and I find it quite distracting. Still managed another three pages of my book today: Ozias, Prince Enthroned. I’ve never before encountered so many obstacles in writing a book. All I pray is that it’ll be over and done with and our household can return to normalcy. Normalcy is good!

Meanwhile, our Facebook page keeps showing us pictures of mostly naked women with oversized knockers. The picture disappears after a few seconds. I didn’t ask for this and don’t know where it came from. Have any of you had the same experience? I’ve also had unrequested changes imposed on my home page format. What’s WordPress up to?

By Request, ‘In the Presence of Jehovah’

We have another hymn request by Erlene: In the Presence of Jehovah, by Terry MacAlmon.

Looks like another day smothered in politics; but we’ll keep the hymn shop open. Somebody might want to come in and share a hymn.

By Request, ‘I Surrender All’

Please join in prayer for our dear friend and sister, Erlene, who is not feeling well today. Meanwhile, she has requested this hymn: I Surrender All, by Carroll Roberson. Please, Lord, refresh her spirit, give her strength. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

By Request, ‘Amazing Grace’ (Dan Vasc)

We have a hymn request from Susan: Amazing Grace, sung by metal artist Dan Vasc.

For some unknown reason, readers’ hymn requests dried up for a month. I try to post them all; so if you have a hymn you’d like to share, just let me know.

By Request, ‘Rejoice Greatly’

The Internet is smothered in politics today, and I don’t think you need me to add to it. Instead, we have another hymn request by Erlene: Rejoice Greatly, by Bruce and Lynne Patterson (inspired by Handel’s The Messiah). 

By Request, ‘In the Garden’

At last, a hymn request! This one’s from Erlene–In the Garden, sung by Alan Jackson.

I try to post all hymns requested by readers, but there’s been a dry spell lately. If you’ve got a hymn you’d like to share, just let me know.

Bonus Hymn, ‘Your Grace and Mercy’

Hooray, a hymn request! This one from Phoebe, Your Grace and Mercy–by the choir and band (“The Three D’s”) at Leake Temple AME Zion Church.

Look, the hymn shop’s open all day, every day. If you want to share a hymn, we’re here to help you do it.

 

‘How an Ancient Artifact Scared the Daylights Out of Jack’ (2019)

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Heidi requested this excerpt from Bell Mountain No. 5, The Fugitive Prince:

By Request: How an Ancient Artifact Scared the Daylights out of Jack

What would a boy and girl living in, say, 11th-century Norway think if they found a functioning cell phone… with someone from the 20th century at the other end of the line?

I like to print excerpts from my books, on those rare occasions when I get them.