It has been said that in the waning hours and days after conflict, some soldiers have been asked to consider the unimaginable by the comrades they have grown to love and trust. This song is about very hard choices the living have faced after battle for many centuries. It addresses a subject that has been …
The thunder of the battle slowly fadesInto the sound of low mournful groansI walk among the wounded as they layAmong the dead in a field of flesh and stone to Soldier please do you have some water? Soldier please bring a blanket for the chill Soldier please tell my wife and daughter Can you spare a bullet for …
This song was written on the Samuel & Elizabeth Mumma farm that unexpectedly became the center of the battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg Maryland in the conflict between our United States of America. When I learned of the sacrifice and courage the Mumma family modeled before, during and after the war I was inspired to …
This song begins in the pre-dawn hours of the 3rd and final day of the battle of Gettysburg. These battle worn soldiers experienced the death of more than 30,000 of their comrades the two days prior and are keenly aware of the horrors of war they will experience as soon as the sun provides enough …
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In 1998 the state of Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker for a terrible crime she had committed. The lead up to the execution caught my attention and I followed the story closely. As the 24-hour window of time prior to the execution came there was a lot of discussion and speculation on whether the Governor …
In many ways our lives are a series of ebbs and flows of seasons. There was a season for me when I simultaneously experienced rejection & betrayal in three unrelated circumstances from people I trusted and cared a lot about. It was a very hard and difficult season! Any one of these circumstances would have …
