Author: Jacob McGowen

Going to Denver for a weekend is something my family and I always used to do together. Whether it was for a concert, school clothes, doctor’s visit, or whatever, we always enjoyed our trips there. Back in olden times, however, when we lived in West Monroe, LA, “Duck Dynasty” country, our place to go to…… Continue reading A Mere Overpass

Silly (In The End) By: Jacob McGowen 1ST  VERSE Stocks falling, people on their knees Kids dying, mothers cry in grief We’re all searching, reaching for  Something more, but still find it hard  To love our friends next door Makes you wonder  How can I find peace? CHORUS: It’s not in the solace of strangers It’s…… Continue reading Silly (In The End)

“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I want it more than I can tell, And for once, it might be grand To have someone understand I want so much more Than they’ve got planned…” It is hard for me to believe that there was once a time when I went to school, and yet,…… Continue reading Life, and Life Abundantly

Lord Always By: Jacob McGowen Serenades of old Tell of streets of gold They say,  “The blind will see!” “The dead will live!” But still I cannot see How you’d love me? In spite of my pride And all of my sin CHORUS: Oh, oh holy one (Help me sing) Oh, oh lamb of God…… Continue reading Lord Always

“And that, friends, is how I met a night dancer.” Jeremy Schmitz, one of the staff for Come Let’s Dance, had just finished telling us a story of how during one of his trips to Uganda, he met what was called a “night dancer,” a male witch doctor who danced and chanted curses before him. He…… Continue reading Ever Present, Ever True, Sword of Truth

  https://youtu.be/kc0DKzPdv44 “Your love surrounds me, when my thoughts wage war When night screams terror, there Your voice will roar Come death or shadow, God I know Your light will meet me there!” There are very few scents that I have ever smelt that I still remember. The smell of burning trash from the streets in Uganda,…… Continue reading Mzungu Wars: The Writer Returns

Help Me Through The Night(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]Another week has come and goneAnother month is on its wayAnother trial is set to startWith some pain to set the stageI’m alone here in my roomTossing, turning in my bedWanting to just give inForgetting I am born again [Chorus]So won’t you help me through the night(So won’t…… Continue reading Help Me Through The Night

Living In The City Headed down the stairs To the station Paid my dues, so I can take my seat There are people here aiming for a fortune, while others here try to make ends meet  Living in, living in the city  Feeling so young and so alive Living in, living in the city  Yet…… Continue reading Living In The City

Many people in many different places have prayed for me. In hospital rooms, on mountains, in houses, sitting in cars, or just by waiting in church, people have interceded for me in many ways. It is because of the prayers of others that I not only realized the importance of prayer, but how to intercede for others…… Continue reading Still A Warrior