By Lauren Ratliff on February 9, 2010
I have neglected my blog for a long time… too long. I’ve gone throughout the past several months and an idea will pop into my head that I want to blog about, but then I get side tracked with work, wedding planning, or photography jobs, etc… So I’m finally making a big effort to blog [...]
Posted in Bible, God, music | Tagged Bible, David Crowder, lyrics, Matt Chandler, suffering, THe Village CHurch
By Lauren Ratliff on July 21, 2009
I’ve heard this song several times on the radio and recently heard an interview with Britt Nicole discussing this song she wrote, “The Lost Get Found.” Her story that triggered her to write this song was very similar to mine and I’m sure many of yours. Do you ever get that feeling (as if God [...]
Posted in God, music, Poetry, Religion | Tagged love, lyrics, song
By Lauren Ratliff on February 7, 2008
[Sorry for the screwed up appearance of the page.]
James Morrison – Wonderful World
And I know that it’s a wonderful world
But I cant feel it right now,
I thought I was doing well but I just want to cry now,
Well I know that its a wonderful world from the sky down to the sea,
But I [...]
Posted in music, Poetry, YouTube | Tagged James Morrison, lyrics, music, music video, Wonderful World, YouTube
By Lauren Ratliff on January 16, 2008
It’s so simple… yet I can push it so far away. Only with reckless abandon can we have faith like a child. When we’re willing to let the chains fall off and stop living a life of self-rule, we can truly experience living in the light.
“Faith Like A Child”
by Jars of Clay
Dear God, surround me [...]
Posted in childhood, church, God, music, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged faith like a child, Jars of Clay, light, lyrics, self-rule
By Lauren Ratliff on December 4, 2007
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the song is about her life in Nolita (a neighborhood of New York City) and, in her words, “the series of revelations I have had over the past few years.”
New Vanessa Carlton single, “Nolita Fairytale”.
I know, you know, we don’t see
We sow our truth, wait patiently
I walk the streets with a song in my [...]
Posted in music, news, Uncategorized, YouTube | Tagged fairytale, lyrics, music, new york, nolita, single, vanessa carlton, video, YouTube