Best of Spirits

The Mysterious Stranger -- Picking up the phantom hitchhiker
Lyrics. 2007 May 20

Sheer Poetry -- The sheer poetry of it all is inarguable
Text. Orig 2007 Apr 05

Be Sure to Say "Thank You." -- People turn to God in their hour of need. But what do they do when they get answered?
Text. Orig 2005 Mar 12.

Pain and Pleasure -- Acknowledging behavioral stimuli
Lyrics. Orig 2001 Oct 27

(Still It's) Not Enough -- To be or to become... What was the question?
Lyrics. Orig 2001 Oct 26

22 August Song -- Cycles keep passing me by
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Nov 18

Imagicnation is Reality -- Be on guard against sinister forces at work in the world.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Nov 13

Suffering and Joy -- Touching on the age-old question of partiality in a universe centered on a Perfect One, especially as relating to death.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Oct 26

Two Sides of a Coin -- Sometimes you can't tell 'em apart.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 May 13

Detached . . . Attached -- Are we bodies, minds, or something more? A pair of parallel articles.
Text. Orig 1997 Apr 25.

The Question of Cosmic Personality -- That we are and we ask makes us the revelation of the I Am That I Am.
Text. Orig 1997 Mar 22.

Given Half a Chance -- A bittersweet lament about life in this world
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Lord of Time -- Must have infinite patience to put up with the mortal creatures of finity.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Infinitive -- A meditation on being and meaning, and an early exercise in songsmithy.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Have Another Drink -- A little might be healthy for the body, but what about the mind?
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Genesis -- Some theories of How It All Began are material, some mystical, and some begin with Love.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Suite: Experience: Body; Mind; Spirit -- A medley of spiritually-oriented songs.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Gave My Life Away -- When you finally give it all up, that's when you start to get it all.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Decisions, Decisions-- What do you want me to do today, Lord? (Lyrics)
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Aunt Anna -- Mary Jo's Great-Aunt Anna lived to be ninety-nine years old. It was an honor to know her. This song is modeled after Jefferson Airplane's "Lather," using the same tune and much of the wording.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

Why? -- Kids find so many ways to ask why. Well, why not? (Original lyrics. The kids' version is sanitized for young minds.)
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Mar 17

It's Your Decision -- It's all in your mind!
Lyrics, MIDI. Orig 1997 Feb 17

People Die -- O! the inevitability of it all!
Lyrics, MIDI. Orig 1997 Feb 14

Complexities -- Wondering about the sense of wonder
Lyrics, MIDI. Orig 1997 Jan 21

(The Way to God is) Always Up ...but you might be upside down!
Lyrics, MIDI. Orig 1997 Jan 21

Choice -- Having a near-life experience.
Lyrics. Orig 1997 Jan 01

Santa, Dear Friends -- For those who may have come to doubt the old elf.
Text, Ill. Orig 1996 Dec 24

Count Your Blessings -- A mellow little ditty of reassurance.
Lyrics. Orig 1996 Dec 14