Author: Jacob McGowen

I have always loved music. For over twenty years now, I have written many poems and lyrics, some of which have been turned into songs by friends. My Spotify and iTunes libraries are well stocked with at least 8,000 songs per library. I am known for always having my phone or an old iPod around,…… Continue reading Arkansas Road Blessings

Second to the original and true Christmas story, The Nativity Story, perhaps the most adapted Christmas story ever created is the great Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Scrooge McDuck, Jim Carrey, Michael Caine, and many others, have all brought this classic redemptive tale of Ebenezer Scrooge to the silver screen and the small screen for…… Continue reading The Need For More Than Me

Cinemark Movie Bistro & XDFort Collins, COMonday May 27th, 2019Memorial DayIt was Memorial Day, Monday May 27th, 2019. I was working on this particular Memorial Day at the podium at the Cinemark Movie Bistro & XD movie theater. The big movie out that holiday was the remake of Disney’s Aladdin. Many came out to see…… Continue reading What Truly Sustains

Bit of Bible (Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Old Ms. Yolanda LeeWas our maid back in ’53Worked in the mornings till the evening timesShe washed our clothes and made our bedsAnd when needed saw that we were fedWithout a tear in her eyesShe’d listen to a preacher on her radioEvery morning, every nightAnd we would ask her What…… Continue reading Bit of Bible

A Mighty Faith(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:It’s easy to believe that you are hurtingMuch more than any single one you knowIt’s easy to remain in isolationAnd consider an acquaintance just a foe We all face our trials and temptationsWe all know how dark our world does seemYet, if we’d look our eyes unto the heavensWe’d find a…… Continue reading A Mighty Faith

You Won’t Illuminate Me(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]
You can have your red shoe clubsAnd all the islands that you wantI don’t need my name in lightsOr a Lolita jet to call my own [Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a song to sellOr any movies or tv showsAnd you ain’t ever gonna getYour hands on my country soul 
[Chorus]
For…… Continue reading You Won’t Illuminate Me

I’ll Kiss The Waves(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:What is gained if I become silenced?Or if I go down to the pit?Will the bits of dust stand and praise You?Will they tell of your faithfulness?You once freed me from my mourning.Clothed me with joy and not with rags.It was then that I said that I would not be…… Continue reading I’ll Kiss The Waves

Juvenile and True(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Whispers echoed in the hallwaysShouts heard from cars on the streetAll of those Facebook updatesHave affected meIf I just had better clothing?If I was on a sports team?If things were going my wayWould they stop being so mean?Chorus:Kids shout out liesBut the Enemy is cruelerWhen he is ruthless, they are juvenileSo…… Continue reading Juvenile and True

It was Monday March 20th, 2020. Normally, it would be a slow day at Cinemark Movie Bistro & XD, located in the always lovely Fort Collins, CO. Yet, it was unusually slow this Monday. For it wasn’t bad movies that were keeping people from the theater, it was something new, a little something called the…… Continue reading Through Loss, We Move Onward

Once upon a time, the millennial “sons of Adam” and “daughters of Eve” lived far simpler lives. They fought over if Britney/Christina or Backstreet Boys/NSYNC were the absolute best. They watched music videos on a television show called TRL. Every Friday night, their parents would take them in their cars to Blockbuster Video, in hopes…… Continue reading Don’t Be Acting Up!