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from the new record Bright Hopes!
by Mike Crawford & his Secret Siblings

😱 🌊 It’s amazing when friends at church come up to you and say “Hey Mike! We want to make a video of one of the songs off of the new worship record!” and I say “Oh yeah! You should totally do that!” and then a year later it shows up on a jump drive…I’m so thankful for Sarah Magill and Shanna Keller for taking the time to coordinate other friends and convince them that this was a good thing to do!
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Here's the amazing team that put together this exploration of what faith/doubt feels like in the body...Directed by Sarah Magill, Produced by Shanna Keller, Yoga & Stunts by Shanna Keller, Director of Photography – Steve Wilson, Editor and Motion Graphics – Liz Boyer, Artwork – John Raux, Additional Special Effects – Paul Horton…pool loaners - Ginger Peterson Broyles & Mike Broyles...
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Here are the Secret Siblings who played on this track...
Bass - Nick Pick Pickrell
Drums - Nathan Lewis
Piano - Cole Crawford
Vocals - Rachel Pollock
Electric Guitar - Jeff Larison
a multitude of guitars and vocals - yours truly...Happy Summer 2017 buds!
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The Balm of Gilead

We hope in the Lord
Though we’ve never seen
Our faith carries us
In this in-between
We peer thru the mist
Of eternity
We walk with You Lord
Though we dimly see

You’re a reservoir of love
The depth none can perceive
Whose width is double that
As any eye has seen
And the strength that love conveys
Is blinding as it heals
And the balm of Gilead
Is hidden in its waves
The balm of Gilead
Is hidden in its waves
Your waves…
your waves…
Come crashing down
Your waves…
your waves…
Come crashing over me

We wait on You Lord
Are You coming soon?
We’ve heard the great hope
You’ll make all things new
You long to gather us
Like a mother hen
Sons and daughters all are we
You have called us friend

You’re a steady beam of light
A prism we become
And as we look to You
All colours come undone
Illuminate our hearts
Give us eyes to see
The Balm of Gilead
That’s hidden in Your rays
The Balm of Gilead
Is lighting up the way
The Balm of Gilead
Is healing everything

You’re a super-celling storm
With danger in the clouds
And lightning coming fast
The thunder is Your sound
You’re swirling all around
This we perceive as pain
But the Balm of Gilead
Is hidden in the rain
Yes the Balm of Gilead
Is quenching us with rain (falling with the rain)
The rain…the rain…the rain is falling down
The rain…the rain…the rain is washing over me….

We wait on You Lord
Are You coming soon?
Are You coming soon?
Are You coming soon?





OH! Wait. You wanted to know what you should use balm of gilead / cottonwood for!

Well, besides smelling WONDERFUL (you need not add any other scents to your salves or oils when using cottonwood), you would use your oil/salve as an anti-inflammatory (it cools things down), antimicrobial (it kills really little things that can infect you), and it’s analgesic (calms the pain). It’s incredibly healing. It stimulates skin proliferation and more!


We will be singing the phrase The Balm of Gilead in this new song…

A balm has a healing effect and also a peace inducing aroma

Jer 8:22 – Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there?

Was the answer yes? Or no?

The caravan who took Joseph to Egypt was carrying balm from Gilead

Gen 37:25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

African/American Spiritual called

There Is A Balm In Gilead

There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin sick soul.

The balm is made by crushing the leaves or cones of the balsam tree

Is this song, Jesus is the Balm of Gilead, made effective by the crushing and emptying of his life, so that we might have life and life to the full