Author: Jacob McGowen

  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 – Demo Version (Jacob R. McGowen) [1st Verse] Every day, I walk to the station I find my bus, so I can take my seat People ride going through the motions While others ride to try to make ends meet [Chorus] Living in, living in the city Fighting on and trying…… Continue reading Living In The City – Demo Version

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

“Where the hounds run Track me in my sleep When I can’t trust the company I keep When I’ve pushed passed the point of pressing on You’re what I’m counting on You’re what I’m counting on” I have been back and living in Fort Collins for over a year now. One constant in my life,…… Continue reading Another Kind of Strength

Upon hearing the news of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting that occurred where his film The Dark Knight Rises was playing , director Christopher Nolan had this to say: ” I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on-screen is an important and joyful pastime.…… Continue reading Tickets for the Glory Train

Renew The Fervor By: Jacob McGowen Oh, the skies are caving in We are surrounded by our sin We cannot tell right from wrong And yet we’ve known all along We are helpless within They say the fads will bring us peace TV preachers are all we need Yet as we stare across the seas…… Continue reading Renew The Fervor

“It doesn’t matter what I feel, Doesn’t matter what I see My hope will always be In your promises to me…” Most conversations for college kids and twenty-somethings resolve around major life decisions. “Where do you work? What do you want to do after you graduate? What are your goals? When are you going to…… Continue reading Becoming An Usher

Almost five years ago, I was at a prayer service at Light the World Church in Nansana, Uganda. It was my second or third service that week. I was well into my first trip to Uganda and was loving every moment. Each time I had gone to “service” it was with Jessica Hofschulte, and a…… Continue reading Becoming A Pagemaster

Never AgainBy: Jacob McGowenSometimes I am wearyOther times I am strong Sometimes I wanna climb A mountain, yet be aloneI count all of my sorrowsI long to be freeAnd still my heart dwelling deepInside of me Finds it hard to believeOver and over and over again I cry to know The lament of my soulOver and over and over again Can…… Continue reading Never Again