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“Overwhelm Me” – Featuring Original Music by Shelleen

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Silence doesn’t come naturally to me. I love to talk, I love to laugh, and I love to sing. And if I’m in a confined space where it might be annoying to do so, I usually can’t help but hum. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy the quiet. I prefer silence over white or background noise. I have relented to my husband’s need to sleep with a fan on, but oh, how I miss falling asleep to a peeper and cricket chorus drifting through the open window on the breath of the cool night air. What I’m saying is …

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The “Blessed” Is Yet To Come! Featuring “Come Away” & “Confide in Me” – Original Music by Shelleen

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I was a child myself when I had my first child, which perhaps is a story for another day. There are pros and cons to everything, but suffice it to say that entering motherhood at the tender age of 18, having another at 24, then being a single-mom for a few years nbefore adding my caboose at 34 has never allowed me much in the way of down time. I don’t regret for a moment all the time invested in my children. In fact, I often long to hit rewind and rock my babies to sleep once more. But with …

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It’s Getting Deep… (Featuring original music by Shelleen)

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When I was 16 I got the invitation to be in a pageant. Those of you who knew me then (and now) know that I am pretty much the antonym of “pageant girl”. I grew up in what we called “the sticks”, and was far more comfortable with an audience watching me slam a basketball down a court, than I was dancing in a production number. I still only wear make-up about twice a week, and I was (and remain at times) about as unpolished as a bucket in a horse barn. The first time I got the invite, I …

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The Power of Worship Through Pain (Featuring Original Music by Shelleen)

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“Well, all we can do now is pray.” We’ve all heard this phrase. Perhaps it’s escaped from your own lips; most likely when you’ve exhausted your own resources and strength in whatever battle you are fighting. If you are willing, read on…I’d like to shed some perspective, then add a twist onto that statement if I could. Ponder with me for a moment… Is prayer some sort of desperate last resort that we pull from the bottom of our emergency kit when nothing else in our power can be done? Certainly not. That being said, when I hear the words, …

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I Hope You Know … (Featuring Original Music by Shelleen)

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On a lunch date with my husband last week, I was startled by bits of a conversation I overheard between two middle-aged women sitting nearby. “I hate this time of year”,  one blurted. “I have good reasons for it too…” If she went on to detail those reasons, I didn’t catch them, but I do remember being shocked at the bitterness in her tone as I heard her saying through gritted teeth, “I just have to get through it.” My reaction to that, in part is, I get it. Holidays are suppose to be times of laughter and cheer; time …

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Have You Ever Loved a Wanderer? (Featuring Original Music by Shelleen)

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Have you ever loved a wanderer? I have. To say that the toll it takes on your heart is painful is a grotesque understatement. But I beg another question…Have you ever been the wanderer? Admittedly, so have I on that one as well. The lyrics from that old, familiar hymn-Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing come to mind: “Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love…” But did you ever contemplate the second part of that line? – “Prone to leave the God I love.” It implies that the wanderer loves God – yet still …

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