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Alabama Skies

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An article on Spiritual Development called Alabama Narrative by Jim Croegaert appears in this months special disaster relief issue of PlainViews, a newsletter of the Health Care Chaplaincy, an organization leading in the research, education and practice of spirit-centered palliative care.

The article includes the lyrics to a song written by Jim about his Alabama relief experience called Alabama Skies (repeated below) and also links to a recording of the song by Jim.

ALABAMA SKIES

Jim Croegaert

She said she saw the sky
It seemed so very strange
The way the clouds were forming
How rapidly they changedAnd then they came together
And she found it so odd
That she found herself thinking
Looked like the arms of God

And I don’t understand
So much of what I’ve seen
One moment there’s such beauty
And all seems so serene
And then it comes with such fury
That it’s hard to visualize
How it was before the storms came
Out of Alabama skies

It’s hard to comprehend
When someone has lost
A sister and her grandkids
How you count the costClinging to an image
So deep and so broad
That somehow they’re flying
Into the arms of God

And I don’t understand
So much of what I’ve seen
How it comes out of nowhere
And changes everything
But I will remember
And try to see with Sadie’s eyes
How it was before the storms came (What she saw before…)
Out of Alabama skies

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July 20, 2011 No Comments

Tearing

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- Jim Croegaert

How can the sky
turn against us
like this?
And send forth such Furies
tearing holes in the world
tearing holes in our
fragile
world?

Tearing
Roof from home
Tearing
Home from foundation
Tearing
Tree from earth
Tearing
Child from mother’s arms
Tearing
Mother from son
Tearing
Daughter from parents
Tearing
Lives – oh! so many
Lives – oh! Oh!

May 20, 2011 No Comments

Workplace Blessing – Song Lyrics

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Workplace Blessing

Words & Music – Jim Croegaert

We ask you, Lord, to bless this place
To let the richness of your grace
Touch everywhere within this space
And fill it with your love
With your holy love

We’re gathered here to ask that you
Would bless the work that people do
To make it good and make it true
And fill it with your love
With your holy love

Praise to the One who made us
Who claimed us
Enflamed us
Praise to the One who gave us
Life

We ask you, Lord, to bless this place
To let the richness of your grace
Touch everywhere within this space
And fill it with your love
With your holy love
With your holy love

Download a PDF version of Workplace Blessing lyrics

May 19, 2011 No Comments

Flexibility – The Song

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FLEXIBILITY

(To tune of “Unforgettable”)
Lyrics by Jim Croegaert

Flexibility
That’s what they say
Flexibility
It’s the Red Cross way
You may think you know reality
You’ll find out it’s a shifting entity
We want to see how flexible you can be

Flexibility
That’s the key word
Flexibility
That’s all we’ve heard
Please do this now – WAIT! We changed our mind
Just stay tuned – you see, we’re trying to find
Just how good and flexible you can be

You may think you know reality
You’ll find out it’s a shifting entity
We want to see how flexible you can be

Note by Webmaster: The original words to this song were written by Jim as he served as a chaplain with the Red Cross providing Disaster Mental Relief in the Texas Baytown area. It was performed the morning of October 7, 2008 for a meeting of ERV drivers (Emergency Relief Vehicles) before they headed out to provide support to people without power and who in many cases are just living in a tent. It has since been updated in May 2011 as Jim served with the Red Cross in Alabama.

Download the Lyrics to FLEXIBILITY in PDF format

October 7, 2008 No Comments