Visio Divina April 11

Visio Divina

Visio Divina is a contemplative prayer type that uses pictures.

We remind ourselves that prayer does not originate with us; rather, it is a response.

It is an answer to a God who is communicating with us in so many ways.

So often we approach God through our intellect without opening our hearts and minds to ways God is speaking to us.

In this prayer we are opening ourselves to hearing from God by using more of our senses. Our goal is responding to God with more of ourselves.

In Visio Divina, we especially want to be aware of ways God is speaking to us…to NOTICE. We may notice something that is unpleasant? We may notice something delightful or triggers other emotions? What are you drawn to? What do you resist? Both resonance and dissonance can carry a message from God.

This is not linear thinking. It is more intuitive. Something you know without thinking about it.

I invite you to choose a picture that speaks to you in some way… in other words, let the picture choose you. Look through them all and notice which image draws you to it. Let the picture pick you.

Sit and relax with your picture.

Gaze at the picture that spoke to you.

Consider:

  • If the picture could speak to you, what would it say?
  • As you sit with the picture, take yourself into the scene. Imagine where you are in the picture and what is happening.
  • Imagine what you might feel or hear
  • Does the picture have a message for you?

Spend some quiet time with this.

Carols, Ales, Connect

Carols, Ales, Connect

Nine-Band Brewing

9 Prestige Cir

Allen, TX 75002

Dec 16

4pm-7pm

Come join me in for a good ‘ol singalong with your friends and family

Ireland

I went to Ireland and was able to go to a concert of Glen Hansard in a really cool setting. It was in a field owned by Shamash under a circus tent and put on by the Footsbarn Traveling Theatre. Everyone was extremely nice and I couldn’t ask for a cooler venue. The event started with Ye Vagabonds playing traditional Irish folk music. Ye Vagabonds is made up of 2 very talented brothers. They were funny and sound incredible. I really enjoyed their music. Hearing Glen play the music live that I’ve been listening to for a long time was amazing. His bass play from his band The Frames, Joe Doyle, backed him up along with a great violinist and cellist. I wish I wrote down their names. About halfway through the show and many stories later, Glen saw Marketa Irglova in the tent entrance and called her up. She had just arrived from Iceland for the show they were playing for the Swell Season on Oct 3rd, 2018. I didn’t expect she would be there for this show and was blown away when they played Falling Slowly. Towards the end of the show Glen brought up several talented musicians from the audience to play.

I stayed at a great B&B called Coill & Rois in Dingle. http://www.dinglebb.com Jimmy Bruin was a fantastic host and wonderful cook. I highly recommend staying here. It is off the beaten path a very relaxing.

New Project

I am extremely excited about this new project. It is a journey of love and relationships through music. Dates for upcoming shows will be added soon. The music includes originals and covers from multiple genre. 

Cover Songs & Hymns


Song TitleArtist
10,000 ReasonsMatt Redman
500 MilesThe Proclaimers
A Letter To EliseThe Cure
A Mighty Fortress – B Lead Sheet
AdorationMatt Maher and Thomas Aquinas
AftertasteShawn Mendes
AlabamaCross Canadian Ragweed
AlisonElvis Costello
AlivePearl Jam
All My HopeCrowder
All of MeJohn Legend
All Summer LongKid Rock
All The People Said AmenMatt Maher
All These Things That I’ve DoneThe Killers
Amarillo SkyJason Aldean
Amarillo SkyJason Aldean (2005)
AmazedLonestar
Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)Chris Tomlin
American HoneyLady Antebellum
Amertican GirlTom Petty
AnimalsMaroon 5
Annies SongJohn Denver
Arise My LoveNewsong
AsleepThe Smiths
Baby I Love Your WayPeter Frampton
Back and ForthFoo Fighters
Bad Moon RisingCreedence Clearwater Revival
Barton HollowThe Civil Wars
Beautiful Things (Michael Gungor) – D – Lead Sheet (SAT)Michael Gungor
Because He Lives (Amen)Matt Maher
Becoming MeMatthew West
Better ManPearl Jam
Big Green TractorJason Aldean
BlackPearl Jam
BlowersDaughterDamian Rice
Blue ChristmasElvis Presley 1957 (Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson)
Bohemian RhapsodyQueen
Bottoms UpBrantley Gilbert
Break on MeKeith Urban
Breaking the GirlRed Hot Chili Peppers
BreathPearl Jam
Bring It BackShawn Mendes
Bring It On HomeLittle Big Town
Broken HalosChris Stapleton
BY THE WAYRHCP
Came Here to ForgetBlake Shelton
Change My Heart Oh God
Chicken FriedZac Brown Band
Christ Be our Light elw 715
Christ In MeJeremy Camp
Christmas Carol Singalong
Church BellsCarrie Underwood
ClocksColdplay
Close To You chordsThe Carpenters (Hal David / Burt Bacharach)
Closing TimeSemisonic
Come a Little CloserDierks Bentley
Come As You AreDavid Crowder
Come To The TableSidewalk Prophets
Come, O Lord, and Set Us Free – Congregation with Parts
Cop CarKeith Urban
Crash My PartyLuke Bryan
CRAZYAerosmith
CreepRadiohead
Cry Out To JesusThird Day
The CureSong: Just Like Heaven
Cuts Like A KnifeBryan Adams
Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
DaughterPearl Jam
Day DrinkingLittle Big Town
DesperadoEagles
Die a Happy ManThomas Rhett
Dierks BentleyLong Trip Alone
DisarmSmashing Pumpkins
Do You RememberBlake Shelton
Don’t You Forget About MeSimple Minds
Don’t You Wanna StayJason Aldean (with Kelly Clarkson)
Dont Dream its overCrowded House
Don’t Fear the ReaperBlue Oyster Cult
Don’t Let Me Get MeP!nk
DowntownLady Antebellum
Dream OnAerosmith
Dream On (Vocals Only)Aerosmith
Drink a BeerLuke Bryan
Drops of JupiterTrain
Dust In the WindKansas
Dust to DustThe Civil Wars
Eight Second RideJake Owen
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small TownPearl Jam
Empty And BeautifulMatt Maher
Even IfMercyMe
Every Breath You TakeThe Police
Every Rose has its ThornPoison
Everybody HurtsR.E.M.
EVERYBODY HURTSR.E.M.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (ACOUSTIC)Tears For Fears
Everyday I Write the BookElvis Costello
fade into youmazzy star
FaithfullyJourney
FallClay Walker
Falling SlowlyGlen Hansard
FancyReba McEntire
Fast as YouDwight Yokam
Fast CarTracy Chapman
Feels Like the First TimeForeigner
Feliz NavidadMichael Bublé Ft. Thalia – Feliz Navidad
The First NoelMisc
Fly Over StatesJason Aldean
Folsom Prison BluesJohnny Cash
For Everyone Born
Fortunate SonCreedence Clearwater Revival
Free BirdLynyrd Skynyrd
Free Fallin’Tom Petty
Friday I’m in LoveThe Cure
Gettin’ you homeChris Young
Ghost Riders in the SkyJohnny Cash
GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH)George Harrison
Give Me Love(Give Me Peace On Earth)George Harrison
God Bless The USALee Greenwood
Good Good FatherChris Tomlin
Good Good FatherChris Tomlin
Goodnight KissRandy Houser
GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
Great ThingsMatt Maher
HallelujahJeff Buckley
HallelujahLeonard Cohen
Happy BirthdayThe Click 5
The Happy Song (Delirious) Lead Sheet (F)
Have I Told You LatelyRod Stewart
Have You Seen The RainCreedence Clearwater Revival
Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasJudy Garland, Bing Crosby (Martin / Blane)
The Heart Of WorshipMatt Redman
HEART-SHAPED BOXNirvana
Heartbreak BeatThe Psychedelic Furs
Heaven’s Already HereCollective Soul
Hello WorldLady Antebellum
Here I Am To WorshipHillsong
Here With MeMercyMe
Hey Soul SisterTrain
Hey There DelilahPlain White T’s
High And DryRadiohead
HigherCreed
HomeBlake Shelton
Hotel CaliforniaEagles
How He LovesDavid Crowder Band
I Belive in a thing Called LoveIntro:
I Can See Clearly NowOtis Redding
I Can’t Make You Love MeBonnie Rait
I Can’t Stop Loving YouKeith Urban
I Don’t Want to Miss a ThingAerosmith
I Hold OnDierks Bentley
I Melt With YouModern English
I RanA Flock of Seaguls
I Stand For You
I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND what I’m Looking forU2
i wanna Make You Close Your EyesDierks Bently
I’ll Be There for youBon Jovi
I’ll Be There For YouThe Rembrandts
I’m On Fire chordsBruce Springsteen
If I FellMaroon 5
If You Died TonightCarl Cartee and Michael Weaver
If You LeaveOMD
ImagineJohn Lennon
ImagineJohn Lennon
In ColorJamey Johnson
It Goes Like ThisThomas Rhett
It’s Not My Time3 Doors Down
It’s Not My Time (Tabbed)3 Doors Down
its not my time3 Doors Down
Jason AldeanAmarillo Sky
Jesu Jesu
The JokerSteve Miller Band
JumperThird Eye Blind
Just Like HeavenThe Cure
Lamb Of God
Last KissPearl Jam
LeaveGlen Hansard
Let her CryHootie and The Blowfish
Lift Me UpThe Afters
Lights Come OnJason Aldean
Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen
Living Inside My HeartBob Seger
Lonely TonightBlake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe
Long Trip AloneDierks Bentley
Lord Be Glorified
Lord Have Mercy – PraiseCharts Lead Sheet Piano_Vocal
Lord I Need YouMatt Maher
Lost StarsAdam Levine
Love Me Like You Mean ItKelsea Ballerini
Love SongThe Cure
Love You like ThatCanaan Smith
Make you Feel My LoveAdele
Make You Miss MeSam Hunt
Making Memories of UsKeith Urban – Be Here
MapsMaroon 5
Marry MeTrain
Mary Did You KnowPentatonix
Matt MaherBecause He Lives
Matt MaherBecause He Lives Amen
Meet VirginiaTrain
Mele KalkimakaBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, 1950
Merry Christmas DaringThe Carpenters
MomGarth Brooks
The More I DrinkBlake Shelton
More Than A FeelingBoston
More Than WordsExtreme
My Kinda PartyJason Aldean
MystifyINXS
Need You NowLady Antebellum
Nothing Compares to YouLyrics by Prince
Nothing Compares to YouChris Cornell
O Holy Nightglee
O Little Town of Bethlehem ChordsBrooks and Redner
Oh Come All Ye FaithfulMisc
Oh My SoulCasting Crowns
Ol’ RedBlake Shelton
The One that got awayThe Civil Wars
The Only Name (Yours Will Be)Benji Cowart
Only Wanna Be With YouHootie & The Blowfish
Only Wanna Be With You (Acoustic)Hootie and The Blowfish
Open ArmsJourney
OrdinaryTrain
OrdinaryTrain
Ordinary WorldDuran Duran
Our GodChris Tomlin
Paradise City / Sweet Child of MineGuns N Roses
PatienceGuns N’ Roses
PeaceArr. Jim Gauthier
Peaceful Easy FeelingEagles
People Get ReadyCurtis Mayfield
photographNickelback
PhotographEd Sheeran
Pink HousesJohn Mellencamp
please, please, please, let me get what i wantthe smiths
Purple RainPrince
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYSCarpenters
RedeemedBig Daddy Weave
ReJoice!
Remind MeBrad Paisley (with Carrie Underwood)
Rocket ManElton John
Round HereCounting Crows
Runaway TrainSoul Asylum
Running to Stand StillU2
Running To Stand StillU2
Same Old Lang SyneDan Fogelberg
SangriaBlake Shelton
Say It Ain’t SoWeazer
Say You Won’t Let GoJames Arthur
The ScientistColdplay
She Will Be LovedMaroon 5
She’s always a woman to meBilly Joel
She’s CountryJason Aldean
Should I Stay or Should I GoThe Clash
Should I Stay Or Should I GoThe Clash
Shut it DownLuke Bryan
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay chordsOtis Redding
SleepingGlen Hansard
Smoke BreakCarrie Underwood
Something So StrongCrowded House
Song TitleArtist Name
Sowing the Seeds of LoveTears For Fears
Space OddityDavid Bowie
Strip It DownLuke Bryan
Stuck Like GlueSugarland
Summer of 69Bryan Adams
Sunday Bloody SundayU2
Sure Be Cool if You DidBlake Shelton
Sweet Child O’ MineGuns N’ Roses
Tainted LoveSoft Cell
Take my Breath AwayBerlin
Take My Life That I May Be
Take My Life, That I May Be (TOMA MI VOLUNTAD) Toma, oh Dios, mi voluntad (Melody)
Take On MeAh Ha
Take On Me (acoustic)Ah Ha
Talking to The MoonBruno Mars
Tenerife SeaEd Sheeran
Tequila SunriseEagles
Thinking Out LoudEd Sheeran
This Changes EverythingJames Kocian/Judi Tyler
This Is Amazing GracePhil Wickham
This TimeINXS
Time of Your LifeGreen Day
Time will be the healer once againGlen Hansard
Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
Times Like These (Acoustic)Foo Fighters
To Leave Something BehindSean Rowe
To the TableZach Williams
Tonight I Wanna CryKeith Urban
Tonight Looks Good On YouJason Aldean
Under the Milky Way (The Church)The Church
VOICES CARRYTil Tuesday
Walking In My ShoesDepeche Mode
Wanted Dead Or AliveBon Jovi
Wanted You MoreLady Antebellum
Wastin’ GasDallas Smith
We Exalt Your NameKari Jobe and Matt Maher
We’ve Ony Just BegunCarpenters
WeAreCalled
Weep With MeRend Collective
What difference does It Make?The Smiths
What I’m Thankful ForGarth Brooks and James Taylor
Whatever She’s GotDavid Nail
When You Were YoungThe Killers
When your mind’s made upGlen Hansard And Marketa Irglova
Where are you nowBlake Shelton
Where The Streets Have No NameU2
Wicked GameChris Isaak
With Arms Wide OpenCreed
With Or Without YouU2
Without a FightBrad Paisley
World Where You LiveCrowded House
YellowColdplay
Yellow LedbetterPearl Jam
You Are My King (Amazing Love)
you Raise Me UpJosh Groban
Your Love Awakens MePhil Wickham and Chris Quilala
You’ll Think Of MeKeith Urban
You’re BeautifulJames Blunt

Love Song

I am working on several acoustic tracks and would love your feedback. Some are originals and some are rearranged songs from other artists. Here is the latest, Love Song.