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Skills and issues in writing contemporary Christian music

Leaving Legacies

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, Songwriting, Survivng Childlessness

One of the largest pieces of my childlessness grief is the loss of legacy. I wanted to leave legacies like passing on family heirlooms to the next generation. Things like jewellery, ornaments and prized possessions. I wanted to impart a love of books and music, such as Winnie-the-Pooh and classic rock bands of the 60s. […]

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Love Is A Diamond

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Steph Penny Leave a comment My songs, Songwriting, Worship

Love has many facets. It can be fun, passionate, enduring, broken, healed, playful, reverent, bold, intimate, verbose and silent. It has highs and lows and plateaus. It can have different chapters, like a book, and it can deepen and mellow with age, like a fine wine. It can be like a multi-faceted diamond. This presents […]

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The Worship Suite

June 17, 2020June 18, 2020 Steph Penny Leave a comment My songs, Songwriting, Worship

Ever since I can remember, I have loved singing to God. When I was a child, I would put on kids’ praise and worship cassette tapes (yes, I am betraying my age here) and sing my lungs out. I know that I sang my lungs out because my parents would tell me. In no uncertain […]

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Creative Compost

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Steph Penny Leave a comment Counter-culturalism, General writing, Songwriting

I wrote a blog earlier today. And it stank. It stank like a bucket of prawns in the sun. It stank like a drain. It stank so much it took my mind off the stinky cat litter in the next room. It stank like a compost heap. Why am I writing about a stinky blog? […]

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Go With The Flow

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, Songwriting, Worship

When I wake up on my writing day, my brain is often awash with creative ideas and projects. I sometimes have several competing blog ideas swirling around in my head. It can be hard to know which one to blog. And it is not just blogging that fires up my creativity. There is the allure […]

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Our Days Are Numbered

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, Songwriting

Why did the calendar get depressed? Because it felt like its days were numbered. Creatives are plagued with a sense of time constraint. They worry about getting things done, or not, as is often the case. This can be particularly problematic if you have a deadline to meet with money or other important things at […]

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Moments of Kindness

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Steph Penny 4 Comments General writing, Songwriting, Surviving Chronic Illness

My friend and I were sitting in a café, enjoying our hot beverages and chatting eagerly. I was saying how remarkable it was that even though my life was filled with pain and illness, I was still able to write books and do music stuff. “It is so strange,” I commented. “Even in the middle […]

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A House with Many Rooms

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, Songwriting

I recently moved from a two-bedroom unit to a four-bedroom house. Ok, it is really five bedrooms, if you count the media room. It felt slightly strange to move to such a large house. There are only two of us, you see. And the cat. We are a small family, no children, no plans to […]

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I Work Full-Time (But Don’t Get Paid For All Of It)

July 5, 2019 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, Songwriting

A friend asked me this morning what I planned to do with the rest of today. “I’ll be working from home,” was my reply. Immediately she asked how I had managed to arrange that in my line of work (counselling). “No,” I clarified, “Today is my other job. The one for which I do not […]

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Healthy Comparison?

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Steph Penny 2 Comments Counter-culturalism, General writing, Songwriting

I hardly ever get jealous of other people. Except for one time. Real bad. A few years ago, I was working on a musical project with a bunch of other musicians. One musician in particular was doing very well in this project. She was a talented musician whom I admired. She was popular with everyone. […]

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