Happy Easter
“Whispered Prayer” Written and Produced by Christine McNeill-Matteson Music Written and Performed by Kip Haaheim Vocals by Katie Bieber Video Produced by Jon Matteson and Erin Schaut Directed, Shot, and Edited by Jon Matteson Starring Erin Schaut
In the Sweet By and By
( A Southern Remembrance )
It was a little church, brick layered from years.
creating a shelter for children to feel safe.
Singing gospels, ‘Jesus is calling’
and ‘amazing grace’, people stand in faith.
Wooden pews curved into the backs tired
from laboring fields bent by the plow.
Promises coming from pulpits of well intending
preachers who draw from biblical stories.
Stories of trial and triumphs of ancient
believers who strived and survived.
Promises raining from a place called
heaven, a place many were destined to soon go.
“Sweet hour of Prayer” they listened and sang.
holding on the pews as the children watched.
Yes, they would leave to go home to their
Sunday dinner, knowing;
“In the sweet by-and-by.”
copyrighted: CMM. 2018
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