Night Songs

Be at rest... O my soul,

for the Lord has been good to you.

Psalm 116:7

It's my guess that David, the great king of ancient Israel, was an insomniac.  

If that's true, he certainly made good use of his wakeful hours, 

writing many songs for the nighttime. 

I started compiling some of these songs and other related Scriptures 

years ago when my Mother's pounding heart kept her awake at night.  

I wrote them out in calligraphy on spiral bound index cards and sent them to her.  

And hey, to my great surprise, my mom liked it!
(Don't they always?) 

When I got a computer and a digital camera, 

it seemed logical to combine these Scriptures in a book with photos. 

There have been a few versions of this over the years, 

and the latest is one I published with Blurb, the creative online publisher.  

They made the process enjoyable and relatively simple.  Take a look, if you like.
You can see it here small, or to read it, go to full screen.
Please be aware that if your screen is large and/or wide, there may be some distortion.

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Weekly Top Shot

New Book

A package I've been waiting for arrived in the mail today from Blurb.  Inside was my latest project, a gift book, with photos and prayers for the morning from Scripture, and I was happy with the way it turned out.

The idea for this project started years ago, as a gift for my mother, and as those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know, she had a lot of first hand experience on the subject.  On spiral bound,  brightly colored 3x5's, I wrote out, in calligraphy, a collection of favorite prayers from the Bible.  When I got a mac, and iphoto, it was a natural progression to make it into a photo book.  Recently, I've become aware of Blurb, where you can sell your books online, so I added a few pages to my earlier book, and changed it to their square format.  It's available in hardback and paperback.  Click here to preview the book, where, if you like, you can see it in its entirety. 

It's my prayer that this book, in its online version and/or printed version, will bring joy and encouragement to those who read it, just as it did for Mom.