<p>Through the pen of songwriter-storyteller Michael Kelly Blanchard, UNSUNG HEROES offers a decade of musings -- ranging in topics from guilt to grace, shame to mercy, loneliness to reconciliation ... all to be filed under "F" for the Father's unFailing Forgiveness. Seasoning the text are 25 previously unpublished song lyrics ... story-poems etched in Blanchard's disarming style, telling of human stumblings and God-catchings ... hope for the bruised and brokenhearted, and those flagging in their faith. UNSUNG HEROES is a reminder in words of the everlastingly open arms of the Almighty.</p>

Unsung Heroes: A Decade of Writings

Literature & Fiction

Michael Kelly Blanchard

History & Criticism

Attic Studio Press

Afterwards: Inspired by the Gospel of Luke

Jubilee Studio 33

WAITING AT THE STATION is an original work by painter Steve Hawley and songwriter Michael Kelly Blanchard, inspired by the Stations of the Cross. [ *** Exciting news for 2018: A DVD version is now available! See separate listing.*** ] As noted in the book's preface: "For centuries, the traditional Stations have been a regularly visited 'depot' on the spiritual journey of the faithful. In fourteen graphic stages, the Stations tell of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ for humanity, a kind of iconic storyboard presentation of Redemption's cost."  Waiting at the Station  features fourteen canvases and fourteen song-poems with accompanying reflections, one for each of the Stations. "We envision them," explain the songwriter and painter, "as meditative springboards for the imagination of believers -- a spiritual catalyst, we hope, expanding the rich benefits of remembering anew our Lord's Passion and Death." Each Station consists of four elements to aid meditation and contemplation: 1. Scripture: The biblical text taken from one of the four Gospels; 2. Painting: An original work for each Station, melding both representational and abstract images. 3. Reflection: A brief contextual set-up for the narrative direction of the song-poem.4. Song-Poem:  The text of the original song-poem.

WAITING AT THE STATION (The Book): Meditations on the Mysteries of the Stations of the Cross [based on St. John Paul II's Scriptural Way of the Cross]

Steve Hawley

Jubilee Studio

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