Tribute to the T.S. Eliot poem- In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

Measured My Life (Prufrock)

inspired by a passage in Allan W. Eckert's The Frontiersman. Fear as an ever-persistent pursuer, haunting and relentless, until the protagonist reaches a breaking point -  the universal struggle of wrestling with inner demons and the desire for redemption.

Fugitive Fear

though not in the Bible- church tradition tells us that Peter was crucified upside down- Read More- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-last-call-final.html

Not Worthy to Die Like Him- The Life of Peter

This song summarizes the Letters of 1st and 2nd Peter- his writings reflect his life and the Spirit- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-fire-that-forges-pt-10.html

Living Hope- The Life of Peter

In Acts we read that the people wanted just his shadow to pass on them. Peter was full of power and his ministry was thriving- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-shadow-of-power-and-mercy-pt-9.html

Shadow That Heals- The Life of Peter

The lowest moment- Jesus told him- Peter denied Jesus on the night he was betrayed, but was later restored with "Peter, Do you love me?" 3 times- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-three-times-denied-and-lied-pt-7.html

3 Times Denied- The Life of Peter

Who do people say that I AM? https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-confession-at-caesarea-philippi.html

Upon This Rock- Life of Peter

After Jesus finished- and the miraculous catch, Peter said "Depart from me, I am a sinful man"- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-simon-comes-undone-pt-3.html

Depart From Me- The Life of Peter

The Opening song of the Album- Simon the fisherman- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/peter-he-called-me-rock-intro-to-album.html

Lost at Sea - The Life of Peter

Check Engine Light is Red

Goin' Fishing Today

https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/03/undiscovered.html

Undiscovered

Just Now Figuring it Out

https://www.jayopsis.com/2013/05/i-am-jobs-friend.html

I Am Job's Friend

An attempt to add a tweak to classic school reference songs "Don't know much about history" as well as Simon and Garfunkel 'when I think back on all the crap I learned in HS, It's a wonder I can think at all" 

Cause and Effect

https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/04/when-love-grows-cold-recovering-honor.html
These days, I hear more mocking than memory. Critique comes faster than gratitude. It’s easy to tear someone down with a tweet or meme, but rare to hear someone rise to speak a heartfelt word of honor. We’re suspicious of sincerity. Everything’s ironic. And I have to wonder—has our love grown cold?

Cold Love

https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/04/easter-week-resources.html

Something Happened- An Easter Song

That’s when I stumbled across Nietzsche’s words:

“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.
And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”

https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/04/from-hero-to-villain-and-one-who-never.html

Staring into the Abyss

for introverts who stay too quiet but feel deeply- shout out to Wordsworth

Side Glance

we really don't know how to talk to others- our conversations are shallow- but we also want to share- be curious enough to ask- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/04/ask-me-dangerous.html

Ask Me Dangerous

Jonah's Run

A song for Mother's Day- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/05/love-drew-mama-mothers-day-reflection.html

Love Drew Mama

The Abominable Snowman attraction at Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida, was awesome- It housed an Eli Bridge Scrambler ride. Cold, mirrors, lights, and classic rock. I couldn't write lyrics for abominable- so Blue Yeti it is- my high school summers.

Miracle Strip PCB (Blue Yeti)

Always almost, never quite there,
Standin' on the edge, but I'm stuck in the air.
Chasin' the sun, but it slips from my grip,
Always almost, but I ain’t gonna quit.
In all those cracks where I used to see defeat,
I’m findin’ strength in the miles beneath my feet.
Almost fell, but I’m still standin’ tall—
Always almost don’t mean I’ve lost it all.

Almost

My grandmother was a great example- don't grow old.... just keep moving!

Still Pickin' Em Up (Tribute to my Grandmother)

Inconvenient Time

https://www.jayopsis.com/2011/11/creator-in-little-things.html

Little Things

Finally saw this movie - such a complex tale that counters the Western myth of the glory of a gunslinger. https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/05/unforgiven-movie-review.html

Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood Movie)

In a world of mass communication technology- our relationships are stuck in the stone age.

Lost in Translation

We chase too many things that never love us back

Traded

Our world of infinite distractions often keep us from infinite communion

Silence

This song is a re-edited update of a poem and ideas that go back to the fall of 1982. More info here: https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/06/unrealized.html

Unrealized

Thinking through the writings of Thornton Wilder. https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/06/wilder-got-me-twice-and-i-never-knew-it.html

The Wreckage of Rey

Pentecost- Joel 2 and Acts 2- re-mixed from a week or so ago- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/06/i-often-stop-step-too-soon.html

Do It Again (Joel 2/Acts 2)

Based on the short story- https://www.jayopsis.com/2025/06/the-woods-in-washington-county-dont.html

Justice Ran Hot in South Alabama

The light of the Passover/Easter Moon through history still shines. It illuminates the darkness.

Night of the Paschal Moon

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