Faith Song for Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Linda Bonney Olin

Artwork of Baby Jesus in the manger titled

My Christmas Card – Art and Music

Christmas is near, the promise of a Savior about to be fulfilled. What better way to express the long-awaited hope of mankind than through a new mother’s song of welcome to her oh-so-special baby son?

I wrote “Mary’s Lullaby” and several other songs for a Christmas Eve service held at Ouaquaga United Methodist Church several years ago. God willing, those pieces will grow into a complete cantata someday. For now, I’m content to hear my talented soprano daughter, Theresa Olin, singing “Mary’s Lullaby.”

Listen with me.

Mary’s Lullaby

Merry Christmas, and may all your God-inspired hopes be fulfilled!

– Linda

Walton Writers’ Works, Hot Off the Press!

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Linda Bonney Olin

I have in my hands a copy (already autographed by writers Rosemarie Montague-Tiesler and Susan King) of Walton Writers’ Works: From the Catskill Mountains. This new anthology is bursting with poems, memoirs, short stories—even a scene from a musical theater script—contributed by members of the W. B. Ogden Writers Group.

Several of the writers will read excerpts from the anthology at the W. B. Ogden Library, 42 Gardiner Place, Walton, New York, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, starting at 7:00 pm. Weather permitting, I’ll be there to read my short piece “Al Zimmer Comes to Call” and poem “Through Two Unblackened Eyes.”

My copy of Walton Writers’ Works: From the Catskill Mountains will be at the ready to be signed by more of the local writers whose work graces its pages. I understand that the entire printing has already sold out, so there won’t be any copies available for purchase at the library. However, there should be plenty of time before December 19 to order your copy from Amazon.com and tote it to the reading for autographs.

Frightful Wind and Waves

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Linda Bonney Olin

The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm. Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?”
The disciples were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him!”
—Luke 8:24–25 (NLT)

See the ducks? They’re swimming on our cornfield during the 2006 flood. This scene was repeated in 2011. The banks of the Susquehanna River normally are behind that row of large treetops in the distance.

Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the northeastern USA, bringing tree-toppling winds, unprecedented tidal surges, and inland flooding from heavy rainfall. Victims of the so-called hundred-year floods of 2006 and 2011 in New York and Pennsylvania have good cause to fear this new threat to their safety and possessions.

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Elizabeth Bristol ~ Confidence in the Prophecy

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Linda Bonney Olin

My Kindle music book, SONGS FOR THE LORD, will be offered as a FREE download on Amazon.com and its European affiliates on Friday, November 2 through Monday, November 5. Mark your calendars! And please help me get the word out!

Elizabeth Bristol

Here is a related message—a testimonial of sorts—sent in by kindred spirit Elizabeth Bristol.

A native of Foxboro, Massachusetts, Elizabeth has lived in many states and other countries. She says she loves the school of life and looks for opportunities to step into another pair of shoes for deeper understanding. She can be conventional, but she’d rather color outside the lines.

(I happen to know that Elizabeth has applied to work in Antarctica. That’s coloring outside the lines, all right!)

Elizabeth writes:

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