God is never unfaithful, but I have often been impatient and unthankful ... thoughts on delight in God as a permanent heart posture and a necessary component of endurance; the faithfulness of God to continually transform us into enduring oaks o

Episode 36: The Crux of The Covenants

3 days ago 26m 29s

Imagine an environment where everyone willingly gives God their whole hearts and undivided attention. God's original design, which was restored and reiterated in Jesus' sacrifice is that He would have a people who have no consciousness of sin.

Episode 35: My God Will Hear Me

14 days ago 10m 53s

...some thoughts on the sufficiency of God and His Word to sustain us ... the passages that inspired My God Will Hear Me :: Psalm 73, Micah 7:7-8{Lyrics}HARD IS RELATIVESOME THINGS YOU'D DREAD TO LIVE AGAINBUT AS FOR MEEVEN A FAILING HEART IS

Episode 34: Honor & Education

23 days ago 20m 3s

Some thoughts on honor as generational blessing and protection. Where there is honor, there is also humility and where there is humility there is love and there is compassion; so rather than wanting to be right as our first priority, we will wa

Episode 33: Dates & Potatoes

Apr 14th, 2024 14m 50s

Thoughts on the glories and messiness and awkwardness of spring; learning to discern our personal seasons. The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in t

Episode 32: Myrrh & Aloe

Apr 7th, 2024 40m 29s

Walking through the lyrics of a passover song. Thoughts on commemorating holy days in ways that don't conform to this world. Myrrh & Aloe :: DARKNESS SPILLED LIKE INK, THEY SAY BLOOD SOAKED THE EARTH AND IT SHOOK AND ROCKS CAVEDHOLINESS HUNG O

Episode 31: Photographs & Prose (2020)

Mar 10th, 2024 1m 47s

... really just a promo of already-released content. Episode 30: at Dusk opens with the glorious context that was my life at the start of 2020 when this song was written. You can also take a look at this OG Youtube video for the original song s

Episode 30: at Dusk

Mar 10th, 2024 30m 19s

… a little more insight into the trials of various kinds that became the backdrop of ‘at Dusk;’ thoughts on the glory of physically, literally walking with God :-) Love Offerings for guitar repair: Venmo at Dusk • Rebekkah The BandTHIS SKY, TH

Episode 29: Unhurried Love

Mar 9th, 2024 15m 55s

" … what sort of people out {we} to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming Day of The Lord …" a chat through the lyrics of track No. 6 on my recently released album, at Dusk. The album is now available for s

Episode 28: Number of Days

Feb 25th, 2024 32m 22s

The lyric story and scriptures that inspired track No. 5 on my upcoming release, 'at Dusk' :: a scripture-inspired song-prayer ... for the wisdom to know when to press in and when to pivot, and for the faith that whole-hearted endurance requir

Episode 27: Alleluia, Elohim

Feb 18th, 2024 24m 4s

... scripture songs as the thoughts of God; the verses that inspired track No. 4 on my upcoming album, ‘at Dusk,’. So stoked to share the music with you all on February 29!! Alleluia, Elohim • Rebekkah The BandALLELUIA, ELOHIM! YOUR GATHERED PE

Episode 26: Like Math (Butterfly Wings)

Feb 11th, 2024 33m 4s

Once upon my twenties, 92 years worth of timely and encouraging wisdom met with me at the base of a big rock in Berkeley. This weekend on the podcast, I’m sharing the experience that inspired track No. 3 on my upcoming album, ‘at Dusk,’ which r

Episode 25: Be Brave

Feb 4th, 2024 28m 19s

** Correction** Psalm 92 says: “there is no unrighteousness in Him."{I mis-spoke when reading the verse.}The song story for track #2 on my upcoming album, at Dusk, which will be released February 29, 2024 :: {more} thoughts on time and the end

Episode 24: The Priesthood

Jan 27th, 2024 43m 43s

A survey of the scriptural and contemplative landscape that inspired Rebekkah The Band's upcoming release, at Dusk; and a deep dive into the lyrics of the first track on the album:The Priesthood {Rebekkah The Band}ON THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YO

Episode 23: Rebekkah The Ramble

Jan 21st, 2024 37m 2s

A vague and meandering half-history of Rebekkah The Band and her logo, caffeinated by 28 ounces of seasonal Ube latte from my friendly, neighborhood unionized coffee shop, and featuring a made-for-Youtube ‘What’s In My Bag’ segment. I do plan t

Episode 22: Expectation & Delight

Jan 12th, 2024 13m 5s

Some thoughts on perfectionism as the root of emotional hypochondria: perfectionism has a way of crying ‘crisis,’ and accusing you of dysfunction when all you are experiencing is the messiness embedded in the human condition. ~ Patient enduran

Episode 21: Endurance & Light

Dec 22nd, 2023 29m 18s

Suffering teaches us not to lean on our own understanding if we will let it. As light, we are called to illuminate darkness; as children of God we are called to walk in love; but we can't just waltz all willy-nilly into darkness wearing nothing

Episode 20: Don't Be Petty; Be Perfected

Nov 19th, 2023 25m 57s

Each time I choose perfection in the love of God over pettiness, I am participating in the promise of Habakkuk 2:14: For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. I will bless the Lord at

Episode 19: Sabbath As Surrender

Oct 29th, 2023 23m 17s

Some thoughts on the glories of nuance and the importance of not leaning on our own understanding; Sabbath as surrender and an avenue of restored delight in, and reverence of the personhood of God. Mentioned (Unsponsored) Resources:The Weight o

Episode 19: Take 1

Oct 29th, 2023 27m 59s

To modify a quote from Bilbo Baggins, I don't know half of me half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of me half as well as I deserve. Ha. But God knows me better (and thinks more highly of me) than I know. He has intricately g