In Last Winter, Mark Lagerwey expresses his longtime love of winter weather, and his sadness at its diminishment as global warming eats away at it all over the world. In floods, fires, and heatwaves, the warmth is overwhelming the cold - but we can solve the problem if we just muster up the will power, and the good will, to honestly address it.

James Kahn's Workin' That ER is a poignant, tender look at the life struggles of those around us, as seen through the lens of the emergency room. A reflection of the wounded and damaged souls wandering the world, it asks us to see the humanity in them - to help heal them, and ourselves, by coming together, supporting each other, and understanding the power of community to bind us in the mystery of life.

Starting Now, written by Glen Phillips and performed by Toad the Wet Sprocket, is an introspective musing about what a person needs to do after being lost and directionless, looking at wasted years looking for life to change - and realizing change doesn't just happen, we have to make it happen, we have to "dig a little deeper." Maybe the "best time to change was years ago," but the next best is here and now.

In Melanie DeMore's One Foot in Front of the Other/Lead With Love, she leads a rousing, a cappella group singalong about overcoming life's struggles by confronting them together, by sharing our feelings of fear and sometimes despair, and facing them in common. "Don't give up hope/Keep movin' on," is a joyous battle cry of protest and empowerment. And it just makes you feel good.