Here’s another pioneer poem and related non-pioneer original song.
Category: children
Chasin’ Fireflies
The original song of this title is on the following link, arranged and sung by Elanna Lund, who’s currently in a contest fundraiser. I’ve posted the link, so you can vote for her if you’d like. Below is another version I wrote as another poem in the Pioneer series, which I updated below.
Wow! So That’s What Really Happened: Modern kids discover the Bible’s timeless truth about Easter
AN EASTER PLAY SCENE 1: (Light full on stage R couch with Boy, leaning on stage L arm, looking stage L) GIRL (from other side of couch where she’s playing with iPod): Do you see him yet? BOY: Not yet . . . Wait a minute, I—no, never mind. (Stops leaning, plops down on couch)…
First Things
One Sunday when my children were very young, our family made it to church with enough time before the service for an elderly saint to ask how things were going at home. I replied that some days we didn’t seem to accomplish a thing. “Did you read them the Bible?” she asked. “Yes.” “Then you…
Chase the Dream: Childhood Dreams, Chapter 4 part 1
In Sterling Jackson Sr.’s reckoning, no rodeo except the NFR at Oklahoma City topped the San Francisco Cow Palace’s competition. Though he’d never qualified for the Grand National himself, his son seemed to ride for him. Before the National kicked off, the gaunt, silver-haired rancher would tour the city or its environs. Sterling might stop…
Carpe Diem
My husband and I were thrilled with our firstborn, but people congratulating us usually added, “Enjoy your time with her. Soon she’ll be in school and you’ll be writing again.” Sure, I’d think, in about eighteen years. The reality was almost double, although God had clearly blessed us with our miracle child. I was young,…
Constance Colson-Clay 