During the last eight years that I was working for money, I often had to travel to places around the world with little advance notice. The flights usually departed early in the morning, so I’d call for a cab to pick me up in the wee hours after...
Refined by Response:Penitas, TX X
We are entering into the eleventh week of the MDS response in Penitas, Texas. This is the fourth year of working in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, also known as RGV, or just “the Valley.” We’ve learned that water is a precious commodity in...
The journey of “Life’s Railway to Heaven”, becoming a cherished hymn began when M. E. Abbey, a Baptist pastor in Atlanta, GA, gave his poem to Charles Tillmam. Tillman put it to music and included it in his book of gospel hymns “The Revival...
Singer-songwriter Patti Casey grew up in Vergennes, Vermont, “The Smallest City in the USA.” In college, she was recognized for her songwriting and great vocal talents, and began a career as a solo performer and collaborator with many other...
Charles E. Moody was a gospel songwriter and musician from Gordon County, Georgia. He was a member of a 1920s string band, Georgia Yellow Hammers, and wrote over 100 gospel songs. Two of his more popular songs are “Drifting Too Far From the...
Like many authors and composers whose works appear in books like Heartland Hymns, I. E. Diekenga and Fred Coblentz are without any biographical information available, at least online. In 1906, Coblentz wrote music for the words Diekenga wrote in...
This is the week when we observe Valentine’s Day, so it is appropriate that there was a morning devotion and a song that each highlight the importance of the heart in everything that you choose to do in life. Tuesday, the driver for the team of...
It is not often that a song has its own website, but “Night Rider’s Lament” is one of those. nightriderslament.com Michael Burton, a rancher in Arizona, wrote the song based on a true life experience. It has been recorded by artists from Garth...
Many of the people whose work is in Heartland Hymns or Mountain Laurel books do not have a Wikipedia page nor is any biographical information available on the Prairie View Press website. One such person, Geraldine Koehn, of Kansas, has written many...