Category: Songs That Shape the Soul
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“On the Road Again”
Series: What Song Shaped Your Soul? by Roy “Will” Pearson, the Curious Pilgrim Have you ever become sleepy while listening to a pastor preach or a teacher lecture? As a pastor and teacher, I always searched for ways to capture people’s attention and keep them involved. In the first church I served, there was an…
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What Song Shaped Your Soul?
Growing up in church, I learned the Trinity as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. As a little boy, however, the words Holy Ghost frightened me. My older brothers and sisters loved to tell ghost stories, and I was the perfect audience. I was terrified. So whenever I heard people talk about the Holy Ghost in…
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What Song Shaped Your Soul?
There are so many songs about love. Recently, someone suggested I listen to “Love Is a Decision” by Harlan Hayes. The opening line caught my attention: “Love is not always about butterflies.” The song goes on to say that love is choosing the name of the person you love every single day. That simple thought…
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Five Songs for a Curious Pilgrim
Music That Has Helped Me Keep Walking Music has a way of reaching places that sermons and books sometimes cannot. A song can find us in our loneliness, remind us of God’s presence, and give us hope when the road ahead seems uncertain. As I reflected on Jesus’ words, “Stand up and raise your heads,…
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🌿 The Older I Get: Becoming Whole in a Fragmented World
There are some songs that entertain us.Some that stir memories.And then there are songs that quietly sit beside us and say, “This… this is what life is really about.” “The Older I Get” by Alan Jackson is one of those songs. It doesn’t shout.It doesn’t preach.It simply reflects. And in that reflection, it reveals something…
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🌿 The Fine Line, The Narrow Way, and the Fruit We Bear
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on the Life We Are Choosing 🎵 Listening for Truth in Unexpected Places There are moments when truth comes to us not only through Scripture, but through a song, a memory, or a quiet stirring within. When Wayne Watson sings about “The Fine Line,” I hear the reality that life is…
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When a Song Finds You
There are songs we choose to listen to. Then some songs seem to find us at exactly the right moment in life. Freedom! ’90 by George Michael came into my life through a friend named Robert. At the time, I was wrestling with questions about my life, my faith, and my identity. Robert suggested I…
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“Day by Day”: Finding Meaning in Solitude Through Song
This morning, during my quiet prayer time, I came across a hymn that spoke directly to a deep place in my soul. “Day by Day” by Karoline Sandell-Berg is more than just a beautiful piece of music—it is a profound reminder of how God’s love sustains us, even when life feels confusing, lonely, or uncertain.…
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The Fine Line
There are experiences in life so profound that they transform us, though we may not fully grasp their impact until someone says something, we hear a song, or we see a movie that opens our eyes to the changes we need to make. For me, that moment came through a song—“The Fine Line” by Wayne…
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