Memo From the Mann

The opening track to this week's featured album (P.O.P.) is 'Rejoice (O Come Emmanuel).' This would have to be in my top ten songs to play, perform and or worship with in a live setting. 

© 2015 Eddy Mann

“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~ Isaiah 9:6

Single Release

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The quest to live a loving and compassionate life can be challenging at times. Each day’s opportunities and barriers are different, but the power of love is unmatched, and therein lies the journey. Yes we have dark days, but love will see us through them. This song follows the peaceful path of a loving believer, a believer with a child’s mindset where anything is possible.

You have the freedom to choose, but you're not free from the consequences of your choice ~ E.M.

This is a live solo performance from Evensong on April 29, 2022.

Album: The Consequence 

The Consequence was released on November 8, 2016, coinciding with Election Day in the United States. This release date was intentionally chosen to reflect themes of personal responsibility and civic engagement, as Mann aimed to inspire listeners to "sway the consequence" through love and participation.

The album featured 12 tracks that blend Americana, folk-rock, and roots influences, continuing the musical direction established in his 2014 release, Dig Love. Notable songs include "All I Need is You," "Walk in Canaan," and the title track "The Consequence." ~ Vents Magazine (November '16)

Let your light shine 

Sway the consequences of your life... and the life of others.

Pray on…

Read my personal reflection on Substack.

My wife adores the idea that I will watch out for her, that I will provide for her, and that I will always love her. That’s not to say that she isn’t an individual of intelligence, substance, and compassion, but one of her greatest gifts to me, was her relationship with the child that resides inside of her. It’s opened the door for me to re-introduce my grown self, to little Eddy.

My daughter, when she was very young, used to draw cityscapes. You know, streets with people and houses. One day she showed me her creation and it was what you might expect. The stick people were out of perspective, the streets went nowhere, and most peculiar, were the houses which leaned one way or another. My immediate adult response was to point out what couldn’t be. The homes would most certainly collapse standing on such angles and the ...and I caught myself, I caught myself removing a portion of her creativity, a portion of her childhood.

You see, children are wide-eyed and open to the world, all things are possible. They aren’t held down by the limitations, the boundaries of this world. They are free spirits. They truely grasp God when he says “all things are possible.” In verse fifteen of Mark 10 he says, “Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Did you catch that, he said like a little child.

We cannot lose the innocence of our childhood and embrace the kingdom of God. The difficulty that a lot of people have is that they are limiting God with the boundaries of this world.  They can’t phantom an idea if it doesn’t seem possible within those worldly parameters.

Lord help us to reconnect with the child that’s deep down inside all of us, and help us to get back in touch with the innocence of our youth, and the ability to see and know a God who can make all things possible ...help us to be like little children.

Pray on...

Song: Little Dreaming (Album: Pray on...

Have you ever found yourself correcting others under your breath? How about out loud?

Have you found yourself being an elitist ... feeling superior because of your standing in the community, or your education?

Well in the interest of being honest, I was brought up in Philadelphia, PA ...where when it comes to sports everybody seems to believe that they are better coaches, managers, GM’s and owners than anyone else. Okay, admittedly we can be a bit over-the-top at times.

Well here’s a snapshot of what Jesus says about that in Mark 7, “Some take pride in what they do, others (The Pharisees) take pride in finding out what others do wrong.”

We’ve all heard or known these people. (Maybe we’ve even been one of them at some time.) The world is full of such people who believe that they know better than us, then everyone else. Some even profess to knowing more than God!

The know-it-alls take pride (now there’s a scary word)...

For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. (John 2:16

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2)

...The know-it-alls take pride in knowing what others do wrong, not right, not right ...but what they do wrong.

Maybe today we can focus on Jesus’ response, where he quotes Isaiah 29:13,

13 And so the Lord says,

“These people say they are mine.

They honor me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from me.

And their worship of me

is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.*

Let’s get right with God!

Let’s get our worship right!

Let’s get our hearts right!

Pray on...

Song: Hallelujah (Album: Chapel Songs)

A lack of faith will diminish our vision, it will gum-up our thinking, and it will no doubt cost us our understanding. As the hymn writer wrote, “I once was blind, but now can see.” What shines there before the believer, is completely missing from the lost.

Darkness will overcome your human efforts to see. (The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ~ John 1:5). Only the Light will overcome the darkness. Only by faith can we see the truth, see the answer, see and then embrace the saving.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” ~ Mark 6:4. To many, including his family, he was just another tree wandering about in the forest.

Corrected vision is a blessing when we get diagnosed and put on those prescribed glasses. We would do well to contact our spiritual optometrist (The Creator), receive His prayerful diagnoses, and then to put on those heavenly glasses.

Pray on...

Song: See (Album: The Twelve)

Though the mirror reveals an honest reflection of what it sees, our eyes are not always capable of capturing the image clearly. There could be a myriad of obstacles getting in the way of us seeing the truth, but we need to somehow reconcile that.

We often need some kind of help in stepping back and getting a better or more honest perspective on ourselves and our life. Distance, both physically and over time, seems to be a good mechanism in which to make that happen. So regardless of the method we use, we need to pursue that authentic view.

Jesus, with his parables, was remarkably good at revealing the truth. The woman at the well, the Pharisees, stone throwers, glass houses, on and on.

In Mark 4:1, we get to see how unaware we can be, how our lack of oversight can cause us to slip away, and how unconsciously the conditions of our heart can be affected.

Listen! We read...

Let’s all take a step back, let’s be mindful and use whatever opens our eyes, and get some perspective on our blindness, and then attack them in the hopes of getting closer to our God, going deeper in his Word, and growing in our faith.

Pray on...

Song: A Hardened Heart (Album: Trio)