http://www.shannonquintana.com Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:46:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was thinking today about how we all have our story. If I was standing waiting for the "walk" sign at a stoplight, and a perfect stranger asked me where I grew up, you would, "Outside of Palm Springs, in a little town called Sky Valley".  Ask my what my favorite ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=136 Jessie took this picture of a man at the Grove in L.A. How could I resist writing about it.  The picture is perfect. You would expect this man to be in a field somewhere, resting his head, under the shade of a huge oak tree.  Or sipping lemonade ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=130 It was a Saturday night at Refuge. A church service just like any other. Jessie was at his usual post; the sound booth. You can see everything from up there. He peered over to his right to see a woman who was obviously without a home. All ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=127 My grandmother Rita has always been affectionately known to us as "Baba".  My sister Bethany couldn't pronounce "Grandma" when she was little so the nickname stuck.  She passed away about 14 or so years ago from cancer, at the young age of 66. I'm not a real sentimental person when it ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=116 God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world -C.S. Lewis Wow, right!?  My reading with C.S. Lewis goes pretty much the same every time.  I find myself having to read sentences, paragraphs ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=111 Do you believe that?  I was listening to Pastor Britt Merrick on the radio tonight as I drove home from church.  He was speaking about his 6 year old daughter who is suffering from cancer.  The words he said that stuck with me were:  "Fruit comes from adversity". His point was ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=108 well, ok, fine I will tell you my secret! go to the button that says "you must update right now". Click on it with purpose, and voila! Your blog will disappear! Fortunately I have some friends who love me enough to fix it up for me! ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=106 Thanks for coming back to visit.  Don't forget, I tweet now!  You can follow me, if you feel so inclined to stalk!  @shanstweets. I am looking forward to a great year, filled with some pretty cool stuff!  There's a benefit concert coming up in January for Live2free (Live2free.org), and human Trafficking ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=101 I worked way up in Camarillo today.  I decided to take the long way home, down the coast highway.  It was GORGEOUS!  I realized some things and did a lot of praying on the way.  From all that praying came the motivation to get started tonight on the very primitive ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=98 Hey all! First of all, thanks for  checking out my new website!  I'm excited to get the ball rolling again! Over the last few years, I've been writing a ton of music and I cannot WAIT to get it recorded.  Now it's just about finding time, the right people and the right ... http://www.shannonquintana.com/?p=85