Author: Jacob McGowen

Old Town Fort Collins, CO has benefited from the addition of a Target store, that opened in November of 2021. In its past lives, the location was both a Safeway grocery store and a 24 Hour Fitness gym. The latter was open only a year before closing in March of 2020 due to the Coronavirus…… Continue reading 7 Eleven Mic Drop

It was a job that everyone wanted each Monday. Getting to take a zipper bag full of your classroom’s lunch money down to the cafeteria offered third-graders and older, at my elementary school in Louisiana, a brief moment to get out of class. It was on one Monday, that I, as a fourth-grade student, got…… Continue reading Words Remembered

We’ll Have Chick-Fil-A(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Never should have made it past my teensEveryone thought that I would beForever ever captive to my mindWould work and study late at nightAnd in the morning pout and cryWhen I couldn’t get the grades that I desiredBut someone stood in the gap for meSee my momma prayed always for meAnd…… Continue reading We’ll Have Chick-Fil-A

Seth MacFarlane is a rarity in Hollywood, due to the fact that he is immensely multi-talented. As an actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, director, comedian, and also as a singer, he has entertained global audiences for over two decades. Yet, the man behind the TV shows Family Guy and The Orville, amongst other things, could have…… Continue reading Grace For All

Standard Setters(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:They were a threat to the systemThe church of Jesus ChristIn its early daysThey stood for Him and His KingdomAnd the Empire of RomeSought to quench their flameThey endured great persecutionAnd they remembered allThe words that their Lord did sayThey longed for Heaven’s reunionThough it seemed so closeAnd so far awayAnd in…… Continue reading Standard Setters

Maskless(Jacob McGowen) The sun feels so good I must sayLike it has not felt in so many daysSomehow I feel lighter and braveTo venture outdoors againFor two years I’ve covered my faceOn and off, here and thereIn the cold, heat, and rainBut for now, it seems that todayThe mask crowd has lost its reignOh, it…… Continue reading Maskless

I’ll Trust(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]Sufficient for a day is its own troubleEach day, it has enough to be achievedAnd one could never add any more hoursTo satisfy each longing and each needAnd with wisdom comes sure sorrowAnd with knowledge comes sure griefWhen I begin to think aboutWhat very soon could be [Pre-Chorus]Yet, now instead of…… Continue reading I’ll Trust

A Different Kind of Disney Song(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:When Neverland is tainted by perversionAnd the Pride Lands are plagued by despairWhen the Empire gets its wayAnd somehow Jafar ruins the dayIs there any wonder left to Walt’s old WorldIs there anyone to fight for the childrenTo let them imagine worlds so grandWhile the mighty dollar lights…… Continue reading A Different Kind of Disney Song

YESHUA(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]We are in need of a healingWe are in need of a breakthroughWhen all is crumbling around usNo one can help more Lord than YouAs nations rise against nationsAnd wars are started by tyrantsWould You please give us the faith toPray for this land that we live in [CHORUS]Yeshua, Yeshua, YeshuaStop the…… Continue reading YESHUA

God, Help the Truckers(Jacob McGowen)God, help the TruckersThose who toil and bleedWho drive for endless hoursTo give us all we needIn a world of wicked leadersIt is they who stand and fightAs soldiers, they are readyTo even give up their own livesA ruthless politicianMay think that they are vileTheir protests far too disruptiveTo his tyrannical…… Continue reading God, Help the Truckers