Life, Music & Worship

Last week was a bad week of running… ended up dealing with a horrible cold. Not a usual cold… one of those nasty kind. In fact it’s still kinda lingering on.

Anyway, long story short… I ended up missing several days in a row in the hope that I would recover for my events last Sunday. I made it alright… not has bad as I thought it might be. Never really lost my voice which was my most important concern at the time.

Well, due to all the days I missed I decided I needed to slowly work my way up so I’ve been running 2 miles a day. It doesn’t feel all that far… but at least I am able to get out and enjoy the effort.

I dunno… might be smart to keep it at that level for awhile?

Here’s the video version of my new song, NEW LIFE.

Life is full of seasons… Spring is on it’s way!

From my upcoming instrumental release, “Spring Reflections.”

An instrumental guitar piece… celebrating the arrival of the Spring season. It is a time of growth, renewal, of new life…




Several years ago I had an idea for a song. It was based on my experiences building kites with my dad when I was a child. I remember those simple kites, they were home made… from balsa wood, string and newspaper. Those kites often carried my hopes and dreams as we sent them skyward!

Anyway… I was able to compose a song called KITE, but… I didn’t feel I hit the mark on the idea I had. The idea being… that something so simple can represent our hopes and dreams for the future. PLUS… it doesn’t take MUCH to follow our dreams. I think we complicate that process sometimes. Somehow I wanted to capture this whole thought into a song.

Well… this idea has been roaming around through my heart and mind for a long, long time… and recently, even more so. SO… this morning I acted on the inspiration and wrote this song “Let It Fly.”

I am planning to record it for “The Dance of Heaven” project.

I hope it inspires you…

Let It Fly

Paper and wood
Glue and strings
Fashioned by hands
And a little boys dream

It was made for flight
This simple paper kite

(chorus)
Let it fly
High into the sky
Let soar above the clouds
Where eagles fly
Let it dance upon the wind
Let it drift into the sweet by and by
Let it fly

Paper in hand
It’s graduation day
A hope for tomorrow
I am on my way

For I was made for flight
Like a simple paper kite

(chorus 2X)

Pages of life
Tattered and worn
History still unwritten
A dream reborn

I was made for flight
Like a simple paper kite

(chorus 2X)

Paper and wood
Glue and strings
Fashioned by hands
And a little boys dream

—

© 2010 Heartcall Music
Words & Music: Ken Verheecke
Jan. 29th, 2010
Piedmont, SD

Going through a box of CD’s this morning I came across a Matt Auten release called “New Found Land.” Realizing I hadn’t heard this recording in a LONG time, I dug it out and added it to my iTunes. I am listening to it as we speak… refreshing, wonderful… and enjoying it once again!

I decided to catch up on Matt… and after checking around, he’s dropped off the map. I guess he’s framing houses (now) instead of doing music. I find that so heartbreaking… but, he’s doing what he feels he needs to and you can’t help respecting that.

Artists of this level deserve more… but, that’s not my call. I wish Matt ALL God’s best!

I will recommend that you get his CD “New Found Land” before they’re no longer available. It’s folk/faith based music. Light, sparse instrumentation… leaving the focus on Matt’s guitar and vocals. I found it on Amazon, CLICK HERE!

It’s music that will soothe your heart and soul…

I have several CD’s by Peter Mayer… wonderful artist, although… not your run of a mill CCM artist.  Just someone who writes about life and faith. I hope you enjoy the video below… recorded at a House Concert in Boulder, CO (Front Porch House Concerts).

Click here to visit his web-site for more information…

Back in September of 2003 I was blessed with the opportunity to travel the nation of Haiti with Mission of Mercy.

This nation and it’s people stole my heart and in many ways I don’t think I’ll ever recover from that experience. Since that time I have returned to Haiti on several occasions and I hope to one day visit again.

In light of the recent 7.0 earthquake I decided to find this old demo/recording and release it again as way to generate some income for Mission of Mercy and it’s effort to minister to the needs of Haitian’s in the aftermath of this horrific earthquake.

For up to minute information on this effort go here: Mission of Mercy Haiti Efforts

This demo/song was originally recorded a few days after my first trip to Haiti in 2003. It has NOW been re-mastered and ALL SALES OF THIS SONG WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR THE MISSION OF MERCY HAITI FUND.

Click here to purchase & download!!!

Please consider purchasing this download and pass this on to your friends.

It’s my small part in helping… and, we’ve set an initial goal of 100 downloads. Gotta start somewhere… hoping for more, but feel this is a good place to start.

THANK YOU so much for being God’s hand extended… and let’s continue to lift Haiti in prayer!

Well… maybe not the BEST week of ALL time, BUT… it’s been awhile since I was able to run 4 miles a day, 7 days in a row.

This morning I was up before the sun here in Pierre, SD… and btw, it’s dark here in the a.m. Anyway… today marked my 7th day in a row of running 4 miles a day. Felt so good and I am JAZZED!

Anyway…

I’ve been tormented with slowly gaining weigh. At my zenith I weigh in at 230 lbs and I was recently weighing in at 200 to 202 lbs. This was causing some minor stress as I feared I could eventually reach that mark again. Of course I’ve been running quite a bit over the last couple of years, so… chances are I wouldn’t have made it that far, but I digress!

This morning I weighed in at 197 and I am thrilled!

I feel great and hopeful!

NOW… let’s go for another week of 4 miles a day!!!

Time to get ready for my concert at New Life Assembly of God here in Pierre… sound check at 9:00 am Central Time.

I don’t know what it is about the road… but when I am traveling, either to… or from my ministry events… I spend a great deal of time thinking. Many times… themes, and song ideas emerge from those moments of focused meditation between the lines of the highway. Last week-end on my way home from Iowa… I considered what it meant to truly thirst after God. I was reminded of what it notes in Psalm 42:1-2: “As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.”

Other scriptures came to mind as well… such as, Philippians 3:10 “that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death”

Further contemplation… I was also reminded of the vanity of trying to find peace without God… Ecclesiastes 1:14 “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.”

Lastly and the passage that filled my heart with hope… John 4:14 “but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

Since returning home, I’ve continued to consider this very carefully and this morning started to craft a song idea from these thoughts over the last week-end. I just completed the song this evening… editing, editing and editing again… but I think I have what I was hoping for when I start writing this song this morning…

This is not an autobiographical song… it’s a fictional account of someone searching for God.

Thirst

Staring out the window
Of this slow moving bus
I’m on my way to somewhere I’ve never been

My heart is broken
I’m in need of repair
I’m hoping to find a peace within

(bridge)
On this road of debris
I am on my knees

(chorus)
Searching
I am thirsty
In this dry and weary land

The lines on the highway
Slowly blur into one
They’re the margins for my wandering soul

I close my eyes
And quietly pray
Dear God, please make me whole

(bridge)
All is vanity
Pour down Your rain on me

(chorus)
Searching
I am thirsty
In this dry and weary land

Staring out the window
Of this slow moving bus

© 2010 Heartcall Music
Words & Music: Ken Verheecke
Jan. 14th, 2010
Piedmont, SD

Click here to stay informed on Mission of Mercy’s efforts in the aftermath of the massive earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday.

I am personally grateful that Mission of Mercy is in Haiti… serving and meeting the needs of children within the region. I hope to return there one day…

Thanks for continued prayers for Haiti…