In the summer of 2002, my husband and I moved from Austin, Texas to Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was a job transfer that brought us here, but it was the Lord who led us here. One of the first things we did was to begin searching for a church home. […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
Music from the Heart: Welcome To Our World by Michael W. Smith It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a month since I last posted. Needless to say the past several weeks have been crazy busy, which is why I have had little time so sit down long enough to […]
Music from the Heart: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield A few years ago, three friends and I (the core leadership team of what is now The River Fort Smith, an outreach church), felt a pressing need to get away for a few days to refresh, recharge, reconnect. So the four us […]
I’ve stated in prior posts that I often wake up in the morning with a song in my spirit. This morning, it was the old hymn, “In The Garden.” In April of 1912, hymn-writer C. Austin Miles was alone in the dark room where he kept his photographic equipment and […]
Music from the Heart: Amazed by The Desperation Band Lately I feel like my head is going in more directions than it was ever intended to. The challenge is to keep my heart from doing the same. There is a ceasless flow of things, people and situations that compete for […]
In the spirit of keeping things simple and getting back to basics, I am not writing a new post this morning. Rather, I am sharing with you something I wrote a couple of months ago. The following a is a brief article I wrote for our worship team’s newsletter over […]
Music from the Heart: My Heart Your Home by Watermark “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you.” -John 15:4 (The Message)The words of Jesus are are simple, profound, and life-altering. They challenge everything we think we know, and the truth we find in […]
Music from the Heart: More of Jesus by Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart We are created for more. More glory, more greatness, more of the the manifest presence of God in every moment in which we draw breath. Why, then, do I so often feel like I am waiting for […]
Music from the Heart: Sarabande by George Frideric Handel In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. For six days He engaged in the most unfathomable expression of creative power that ever existed. From galaxies to grasshoppers, He designed the universe in intricate detail. Then, on the seventh […]