marriage Archives - Keith Shields

In Another Light

One of the greatest songwriters of the past 50 years is Wayne Kirkpatrick. I have sung his praises before. To my knowledge he has only produced one solo album, entitled, The Maple Room, and from that album comes the song, “In Another Light.” Although the song is obviously written about a marriage relationship (“Hey, that’s…

Live a Life Filled With Love

I have been slow-reading Ephesians 5 for a few days. There is a wealth of material packed into one chapter of this letter to the ancient church at Ephesus. The letter was written in the first century of the Common Era, most likely around the year 62 and most likely by the Apostle Paul. The…

Follow-up to Home

Two days ago I posted the latest Key of Zed song on this blog. “Home” is a song that captures three impressions of the concept of home. When we use the word “home” it can mean a number of different things. For many of us that grew up in a good family, “home” can be…

Home

Home(Lyrics and Music by Mike Charko and Keith Shields – SOCAN 2013)(Click here to listen while reading the lyrics) Home HomeHomeHome Follow this lane to the clothes on the line The garden, the trees, and the hills that we’d walkThe buzzing of summer, the ponds, and the hayBlossom of thistle, and sweet evening…

Marriage and the Census

Let me express my bias from the beginning. I am a hopeless romantic who believes in the love of one man for one woman for as long as both shall live. On October 2nd my wife and I celebrated our 33rd anniversary of dating. We have now been married 31 years and in that time…