</h1> <article> <h1>She Is</h1> <p>admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:58:51 +0000</p> <p><strong><br /> </strong>I am currently working on some old songs, and getting them up to a standard to put into the “maybe I will record this” pile. I wrote a song a couple of years ago for my daughters. It is called “She Is”.</p> <p>When I wrote it I wasn’t sure what was going to emerge, but what emerged was a song about what makes a woman beautiful and captivating. At the moment I have two girls who love to get muddy and don’t care if they don’t colour coordinate and have brushed hair. They love to laugh and rumble, and dig in the garden and go fishing at the river.</p> <p>As I have been working through this song again, it has connected to me in a new way. It has reminded me about some truths for myself. I was looking at my hands yesterday, and realising that they look a lot older than the last time I looked! This song has come from deep within, and it is what I yearn to be seen as, regardless of my age or appearance. A woman of faith and substance, a woman of joy and dignity, a woman of God.</p> <p>My prayer is that this song will connect with my girls when they are older, and remind them of my prayers for them.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Alive and well</h1> <p>Katie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:32:32 +0000</p> <p>It has been an intense few weeks. My weekend away was amazing. I finished my song, “Breathe”, and was refreshed and renewed.</p> <p>I then ran two worship retreats for two different churches that I am currently consulting with, facilitated a band workshop and launched a new service at another church.</p> <p>For the next 10 weeks or so, I am predominately concentrating on writing, with a few workshops and gigs peppered in between. I have been so excited to see what God is doing in the local church in Australia, and yet at the same time, I am aware that spiritual drought and apathy are still alive and well.</p> <p>Yet the Spirit of God is also alive and well. I have witnessed a spontaneous baptism in the river late at night, people joyfully engaging in creative forms of worship, and committed churches addressing history and dysfunctionality as they look to the future of their worship ministry.</p> <p>Yes, He too is alive and well.!!</p> <p>Blessings Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Gift of Time</h1> <p>Katie — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:58:45 +0000</p> <p><strong><br /> </strong>I will be away all weekend…writing. Already the creative juices have begun to flow simply in anticipation!</p> <p>Early this morning, a lyric began to form in my head for the new song I have been working on. Finally. It’s funny how some songs simply need room to breathe and they gently flow out. At this stage, the song is called “Breathe.” It fits in with a worship retreat I am running with the same name. In fact, The melody came to me the morning I woke up with the concept of that retreat….I think I will stick with, workshop it on the weekend, and see what happens.</p> <p>Maybe I will even sing it at the retreat. I will sing it to my kids first…they will tell me if it’s ready for a public hearing yet. If I am told I am too loud, or to keep quiet, or Mummy you are too noisy, I think I’ll book another writing weekend away and keep working on it!</p> <p>Blessings Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>My New Melody</h1> <p>Katie — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:52:41 +0000</p> <p>I have had a melody stuck in my head for a few weeks now. It is pretty,<br /> light, and joyous. For the first time in a long time, I can not find<br /> words to match it.</p> <p>It simply floats around my head at odd times in my<br /> day, always the same, and quite complete. I think I am lacking space to<br /> sit and let it breathe. When I do give it the time it deserves, as in<br /> the past, words will flow. If not, I will leave it for a while. </p> <p> I don’t seem to be someone who can force a song. For me, a song is gently born,<br /> some faster than others. Meanwhile, I will sit back and simply hum.</p> <p>Blessings</p> <p>Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>Worship Ministry</h1> <p>Katie — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:32:39 +0000</p> <div id="_mcePaste">I have been working with three churches over the past past few months within the sphere of worship ministry. As always, I find it fascinating, energising, and rewarding work. I also find it such a privilege to be invited into a church to support and encourage this ministry. However, I don’t know if there is anything else more uniting and dividing in a church than the forms of worship it may or may not adopt.</div> <div>I have been consulting with churches for several years now and each one is so different, yet one thing is always the same. Whether I am in the city or country, a small church or a large church, someone has been hurt. Someone has been bruised. Someone is angry. Someone is discontent.</div> <div>It seems to be so in worship ministry more than other spheres within the church. Is it because this type of ministry attracts creative people who are usually sensitive souls? Is it that we join creative ministry with the desire to create and unfortunately our egos grow and get in the way? Is it that we as a church have, in our attempt to be contemporary thrown out the baby with the bath water?</div> <div>As I prepare to run several worship retreats over the next few months I pray that we may always return to the essence of worship, regardless of the form. That authentically bowing down before God will be our primary motive in all we do and say within worship ministry.</div> <div>As we all do this, maybe hearts will be healed, vision will grow, community will build, people will unreservedly serve. Then again, maybe I am blissfully naive</div> <p>Blessings Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>An Inspirational Visit</h1> <p>Katie — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:01:58 +0000</p> <div id="_mcePaste">I went to an exhibition last week. I sat in a room with paintings by Monet and Van Gough and I confess I blubbered. I didn’t reach the ugly crying stage, but I definitely had a teary moment.</div> <div>To sit in the presence of something so beautifully crafted, despite the 50,000 other people who were fighting to get a glimpse, was inspirational. I’m sure that when they did those paintings they had no idea the impact their creations would have on the world.</div> <div>As I admired the colour, the form, the texture, of each painting I wondered if anything I ever wrote or created would impact another person. I was filled with gratitude for the opportunity to appreciate another person’s creative work.</div> <div id="_mcePaste">I wrote a song this morning as I woke up. This hasn’t happened for a long time. The melody was buzzing in my brain as I opened my eyes, and I have been singing it all day.Creating something is joyous, but also painful at times. Today, it has been a joy. And I am thankful. Maybe, someone, someday will be filled with gratitude for something I have pursued to create.</div> <p>Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>Shelter</h1> <p>Katie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Recently I performed at a Bush Church Aid rally. It was a great night.</p> <p>I loved hearing the stories of those in rural and remote communities who are loving and serving the people in these areas. I sang two songs of hope, with the desire to encourage those workers who might be there.</p> <p>I then sang a new song called “Shelter”. The more I sing this song, the more I enjoy it. It makes me feel home – loved, warm, safe, and welcome.</p> <p>I hope that when I record it that I can capture those feelings.</p> <p>Ironically, it is a difficult song to sing as it is so gentle, so I have to work at really knowing it and owning the melodic line so that it never comes across as being a difficult. I hope that the people at the rally were encouraged, challenged, and even inspired. Maybe some of them may have had, even for a moment, a sense of being sheltered amongst a wider church family.</p> <p>Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>2010 My fantastic year</h1> <p>Katie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:23:36 +0000</p> <p>It has been a busy few months.</p> <p>I have been working on new material. I’m now concentrating on refining a selection of songs with the potential of recording. I always find this the hardest part of writing, but also the most rewarding.</p> <p>At times I feel despondent and quite ready to throw a song in the bin, or give it to my two year old who will happily destroy it for me. At other times I feel a surge of excitement as a chord, a note, a melodic phrase comes to life and seems to complete the work.</p> <p>The test is when my family hears a song whileI am working on it. I will either be told to stop singing as I am too loud, or I will hear them singing it later in the day. I then know that the song has connected with another human being, and I am content.</p> <p>Love Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>My new site</h1> <p>Katie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:21:52 +0000</p> <p>Hi Everyone,</p> <p>This is a quick note to let you know about my new website. I hopefully will be updating this site more often now that my new site allows me to write things.</p> <p>Currently I’m working on some new material, you’ll find some of those songs on videos found on the <a title="Link to the homepage" href="http://www.katiedeveau.com" target="_self">homepage of my website</a>.</p> <p>We’ll catch up with you soon. Enjoy,</p> <p>Katie</p> </article> <article> <h1>I Need You</h1> <p>admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:56:43 +0000</p> <p><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6831286&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /></object></p> </article> </main></body></html>