Author: Jacob McGowen

There’s a Battle (Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]Darkness is advancingAnd brokenness it thrivesWickedness deceives andThen destroys so many lives [Pre-Chorus]As neighbors fight and bickerAs we doubt and question whyThere is more to this grand pictureAnd a Lord who hears our cries [Chorus]For there’s a battle in the airThere’s a fight that we can’t seeBetween heaven and…… Continue reading There’s a Battle

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, people went to see movies in movie theaters. They stood in long lines at the box office and concession stand. They also touched candy boxes and merchandise while in line without even thinking about it. People would even dress up in costume, for Halloween or Marvel…… Continue reading A Karen Story

Vessel(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]The tides of change are ragingIn my mind and soulAnd I’m afraid the fight within me wants to goAll I’ve known now feels uncertain and so bleakAnd how I long to hear Your voice so gently speak [Pre-Chorus]
Words of comfort, words of peaceWords to calm these angry seas
But if it’s silence that…… Continue reading Vessel

More Than You (Want to Love)(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]Do you think you’re perfect?Do you think you’re great?Do you think you can handleEverything on your plate?[Pre-Chorus]Do you think they should listenUntil you’ve made your point?Or will you let your angerJust run wild and destroy?[Chorus]Do you want to be rightMore than you want to love?Do you want…… Continue reading More Than You (Want to Love)

Miss Rona – Blues Version(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]You like to cause mass divisionYou’re skilled in controversyYou infect bodies and dictate restrictions’Til none of us feel freeYou spread and there’s devastationYou’re such a fatal diseaseYou take our hobbies, our jobs, our loved onesOh, how we want you to leave [Chorus]Miss Rona, it’s time for you to…… Continue reading Miss Rona – Blues Version

Nothing Can Stop(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]
From calling out from a crowded cityFrom reaching up from an unknown townFrom lifting up from a world of darknessPraise to the King where He can be foundFrom calling out from a crowded city
Reaching up from an unknown town
From lifting up from a world of darknessPraise to the King where…… Continue reading Nothing Can Stop

Overwhelmingly(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:You’re faithful in the winter’s snowAnd in the mornings You claim victory over night and dayYour hope tends to be found In such unexpected placesIn every moment, You remain the sameSo, why am I so downcast?So, why am I so disturbed?Help me hope in You alonePraise and trust You, the Living WordChorus:I will…… Continue reading Overwhelmingly

Like so many of you, I do not like face-masks, even though I wear a mask and understand the importance of wearing one. In the words of Theodore Geisel, ” I do not like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere.” However, as someone with schizophrenia, there is something I appreciate about…… Continue reading Not Morgan Freeman

“The creativity of people on the schizophrenic end of the human continuum is a creativity that springs from the inability to accept the standardized cultural denials of the real nature of experience. And the price of this kind of almost “extra human” creativity is to live on the brink of madness, as men have long known.”- Ernest…… Continue reading How A Soul Becomes Satisfied

Be Thankful(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:News feed says the end is comingSomeone coughs and we start runningSo we hoard what we think we’ll needWe can’t step outside our homes andCan just talk to others on our phones whileWe keep on staring at screensMeanwhile, the web has a million conspiraciesAnd we all want to pitch a fightBut, perhaps…… Continue reading Be Thankful