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Seeing Stars (Green as a Tennis Ball) © 2012 Brad Brubaker I might be the biggest dork you've met But ask me now and I'll take the bet That you like... Goofy men... I didn't know nothin', now I know one thing Your dress was green as a tennis ball I'm trying hard not to double fault Or make corny jokes... About love... Again... I didn't know nothin', now I know one thing My chin on your head and you had to joke Cuz you were standing up on your tiptoes And I caught your eye... And I leaned in... I didn't know nothin', now I know one thing I knew it even before we kissed A solid left with my heart in your fist I been seeing stars... Ever since... I didn't know nothin', now I know one thing Once I had a job, apartment and friend Lately everything's uncertain Driving home never felt so good It's beautiful, simple and understood I wanna see you... Again... I didn't know nothin', now I know one thing

Hampton in Winter © 2012 Brad Brubaker I loved you once, but not anymore When I’m home for holidays I wanna knock on your door Or write you a letter…A postcard or two… I loved you once and I miss you Whatever happened to the girl I once knew? Crazy, adventurous…a bit scary, too The bad girl the boys want, but they haven’t a clue… I loved you once and I miss you (Bridge) I loved you once…way back, back when I still think about you....now and again I think I might call you, but I never do… I loved you once and I miss you

Tales from the Dunwoody Overnight © 2012 Brad Brubaker The mini men of Dunwoody Went on a three day hike Here are some lessons that we learned During overnights… I took off my pack I thought we reached the end It took all my strength to put it on again Shoulda kept my pack on Shoulda kept my pack on It feels so good to have my feet on the ground But I was slapping my skin Cuz there were bugs all around Shoulda kept my shoes on Shoulda kept my shoes on We made a fire and right on cue It burned my chest When the ashes flew Shoulda kept my shirt on Shoulda kept my shirt on

Go Away, Error © 2012 Brad Brubaker When error is coming at me like a scream (1) I think of what my grandma said to me: “Anytime you feel scared or all alone Say ‘Go away, Error, and leave me alone!’ ” (2) Nothing is bigger than the Great I Am (3) And every living thing was made by him God is power, there’s nothing to fear So if you gotta cry you can dry your tears When an ugly little thought creeps inside your head Or monsters are crawling underneath your bed You should really do what my grandma said Say, “Go away, Error, and leave me alone!” Go into your closet when you need to pray (4) Sometimes you even gotta deadbolt that thing If you feel tempted by the father of lies Say it loud, “Get thee behind me” (5) You gotta stand porter at the door of thought (6) Some thoughts you let in, others you should not Stick to the good and the true and kind (7) And listen to the bouncer inside your mind When an ugly little thought creeps inside your head Or monsters are crawling underneath your bed You should really do what my grandma said Say, “Go away, Error, and leave me alone!” If someone said a dinosaur walked outside Would start looking for a place to hide? (8) Or would you say, “God is protecting me. And dinosaurs are gone incidentally”? When an ugly little thought creeps inside your head Or monsters are crawling underneath your bed You should really do what my grandma said Say, “Go away, Error, and leave me alone!” --- This song contains many ideas taken from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook for understanidng Jesus' teachings, Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. These footnotes provide insight. (1) "It requires courage to utter truth; for the higher Truth lifts her voice, the louder will error scream" S&H 97:22 (2) “The unlikeness of Truth, — named error, — the opposite of Science, and the evidence before the five corporeal senses, afford no indication of the grand facts of being…Man is, and forever has been, God's reflection. God is infinite, therefore ever present, and there is no other power nor presence. Hence the spirituality of the universe is the only fact of creation…This Science teaches man that God is the only Life, and that this is Truth and Love; that God is to be understood, adored, and demonstrated; that divine Truth casts out suppositional error and heals the sick…Sickness, sin, and death, being inharmonious, do not originate in God nor belong to His government. His law, rightly understood, destroys them. Jesus furnished proofs of these statements.” (S&H 471-472) (3) The Great I Am is one of the many names for God. It comes from the story of Moses in Exodus 3:14 in which God is telling Moses what to say to the children of Israel. (4) "when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matthew 6: 6 (from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount) - It was in response to this idea that my friend Lane said sometimes she needed to deadbolt her closet. (5) When Jesus went into the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights, he encountered much temptation to which he responded "Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." (Luke 4:8) While I do not personally believe in a literal devil or Satan, I do believe that there are temptations (acting contrary to the Golden Rule, thinking or wishing ill upon someone else, accepting sickness as a punishment for sin) we can face that must be cast away, not for fear of judgment, but for a more fulfilling life. (6) "Stand porter at the door of thought." (S&H 392:24) In Science and Health, the previous lesson of Jesus is emphasized and put another way. We all must stand guard of our thought. (She says "porter;" I say "bouncer.") She says in another place, "You must control evil thoughts in the first instance or they will control you in the second." (S&H 234:26) In my study of Christian Science, I've learned that "evil" is not a list of "dos and don't's" but rather those temptations listed in the previous footnote. As children of God, we mustn't accept these ideas as our own or possible in God's Kingdom. We must instead ask, "What is God seeing?" When we do this, we see that come into our own reality. (7) Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Also, Science & Health 261:4 "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts." (8) My friend Scott shared with me an Christian Science Association address given by Jack Hubbell. In it he says that it is easy when we are praying about something that the focus of our prayer can be misguided. Often we try to pray a problem away, when in reality we can simply realize that God is all-power, the only cause and creator. This means any so-called problem is not and never could be any part of our being or have any reality. If we pray to realize this truth of God's loving protection, we recognize that anything to the contrary is error and is powerless.

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A Gift A Day Lyrics © 2012 Tammy Tuckey (Reprinted with permission) Covers over head, wanna stay home in bed, all these little errors thoughts inside my head. Thinking that there are only some good days, And not everything will go my way. And then one day, my mama did say (Chorus) A gift a day is what the Lord brings; A song He whispers, a thought he sings. Something lost will be found, The day will turn around. And the angels still say, A gift a day. Now I'm beginning to see, What a godly gift has been given to me. Come rain, come shine; it's love divine. And I know how to define. (Chorus) Hold tight to, God's hand and you'll be alright, with... (Chorus) (Repeat Chorus 2x)

Symbol of Serenity by Richard H. Lee, copyright 1963 Symbol of serenity - Crystal Lake Mirror of eternity - Crystal Lake Reflected in thy water Are the heavens above To make thy sons and daughters Reflections of love Reflections of love Cradles in tranquility - Crystal Lake Proof of God's great love for me - Crystal Lake Reflected in thy water Are the heavens above To make thy sons and daughters Reflections of love Reflections of love