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Lost in Wonder: Voices of Worship

Lost in Wonder: Voices of Worship continues the Christian pop tradition of trio albums descended from 1994's much lauded Along the Road, which featured the vocals of Susan Ashton, Margaret Becker, and Christine Denté.



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309 Road

Places of interest along the road include Waiau Falls and the Kauri Grove, a stand of mature kauri trees.

A1010 road

The route is featured in William Cowper's 1782 comic ballad The Diverting History of John Gilpin, which describes the chaotic progress of the hero along the road from London to Ware and back, failing twice to stop his borrowed horse at his intended destination, the Bell in Edmonton.

A146 road

In 2013, Norfolk blues band Hot Cold Ground recorded a version of the song Route 66 entitled Route A146, changing the lyrics to reference locations along the road.

Aerofex hover vehicle

Because of its compact size, it can easily be towed along the road, or fit easily onto even passenger airliners.

Arcady Ruderman

On 22 September 1992 Ruderman was killed while traveling by car along the road from Nurek Dam to the capital Dushanbe, an area that at the time was experiencing heavy fighting between government and opposition forces.

Atlantic City Expressway

In 2008, two separate plans were made to raise the tolls along the road, one proposed by Governor Jon Corzine and one proposed by the South Jersey Transportation Authority that would increase tolls 50%.

Banna Avenue

There are several department stores located along the road which include Big W, Woolworths, Best and Less and Go-Lo.

Bartley Road

Along the road, landmarks include (from west to east) Upper Serangoon Viaduct, Maris Stella High School, Bartley MRT Station, Bartley Christian Church, SPCA Singapore, Bartley Secondary School, Kim Chuan Depot, Paya Lebar Air Base and Bedok Reservoir Park.

Brusino Arsizio

The municipality is located in the Lugano district along the road from punta di Poiana(in Riva San Vitale) along Lake Lugano to the Italian border at Porto Ceresio.

Château de Hohenbourg

The castle can be reached from the village of Lembach along the road to Bitche and the frontier road, and finally a forest route as far as Gimbelhof.

Clarence Schmidt

A true eccentric, Schmidt compared himself to Rip Van Winkle, Paul Bunyan, Robin Hood, and Baron Munchausen; "I became some greater part of this mountain up here. Why when I walked along the road, the trees knelt down on my behalf. . . .There I was — in the land of ecstasy!"

Cyathea delgadii

The specific epithet delgadii refers to Gancho do Generale Delgado, along the road to Caldas Novas, Brazil, where the type material was collected.

Easton Priory

The priory was built in 1234 A.D. on the southern end of a street village along the road between Marlborough and Salisbury.

Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico

Officers' quarters were constructed along the road leading to the Castle surrounded by an Officers' Club, one swimming pool, the Bachelor Officers' Quarters (BOQ) and one outdoor cinema on top of a golf course.

Honde Valley

Approaching from Mutare, the turn-off is about 50 km along the road towards Nyanga.

Hosín

Stone wayside shrine from 1636 along the road towards Hluboká nad Vltavou, with the coat-of-arms of the former estate owner, Baltasar Marradas

Illinois Route 72

The site of American Airlines Flight 191 is located along the road as Higgins Road, just south of the road and north of O'Hare International Airport.

Jagdschloss Baum

The former Jagdschloss Baum (Baum Hunting Lodge) is a small Schloss near Bückeburg along the road to Lahde in the Schaumburg Forest.

James Fynn

The Basra Memorial is now located 32 kilometres along the road to Nasiriyah, in the middle of what was a major battleground during the Gulf War.

Koboko town

From Koboko, one can proceed along the road from Arua town to Oraba on the Ugandan border, known as Kaya on the Sudanese side, north to Yei.

Kodaikanal–Munnar Road

From 1948 through the 1960s the Tamil Nadu Forest Department planted large areas of indigenous grasslands along the road with black wattle for producing tanning agents for use in the leather industry.

Labu, Brunei

A road border crossing into Sarawak, Malaysia is located in this mukim, along the road between Bangar and Lawas.

Łuczyna

From the east and north-east, the exposure areas along the road to Strzelce and Sadków are listed under the zone "E" protection bylaw.

Mogome

The village is located locate along the road connecting Palapye and Mahalapye, approximately at a distance of 50 km from either town.

Novo Selo-Petrich

The crossing is named after the two closest settlements situated along the road on either side of the frontier: Novo Selo is a near-by Macedonian village in the oblast of Strumica and Petrich is a small Bulgarian town situated in the Blagoevgrad Province.

Płutowo

Over 200 victims were murdered at a nearby forest by the German Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz executioners, along the road to Szymborno.

Postage stamps and postal history of Uruguay

To relay the correspondence to the east of the territory, travelling along the road between Montevideo and the Fort of Santa Teresa, eleven staging posts were set up in 1798, and in 1799 the postal service was introduced which linked Montevideo, Minas and Cerro Largo.

Radisele

The village is located along the road connecting Palapye and Mahalapye, approximately at a distance of 50 km from either town.

Road of Weser Renaissance

Along the road between Hann. Münden and Bremen there are numerous Renaissance buildings in a density that is found nowhere else in Germany.

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is constructed along the road from Sarreguemines to Bitche and also along the road that branches off towards Sarre-Union and Alsace bossue.

Saint Roland

A local legend has St. Roland encountering a thirsty reaper along the road to Lélex on a hot day.

San Kamphaeng District

Along the road from Chiang Mai to San Kamphaeng are many handicraft shops selling traditional Thai items to tourists, like the umbrellas of Bo Sang.

Sardono Waluyo Kusumo

In 1961 he led a major dance company of 250 dancers at the Hindu temple complex Prambanan, at about 18 km eastwards of Yogyakarta along the road to Surakarta.

Scouthead

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Scouthead stands on the old Wool Road between Lancashire and Yorkshire and contains several hostelries which were once important staging posts along the road.

Signal Station Road

Governor's Lookout Battery is located along the road and the battery's name is because this is thought to be where the defence was directed during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Sitia

Sitia has not experienced the effects of mass tourism even though there is a long beach along the road leading to Vai and several places of historical interest.

Sukhumvit Road

Restaurants of various levels of luxury exist all along the road, as well as hotels including famous names such as The Westin, JW Marriott, Sheraton, Ramada Hotel and Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit, and Four Points by Sheraton.

Tianshui

Nearby are the Maijishan Grottoes, filled with thousands of Buddhist sculptures representing figures such as Buddha and the original male form of Guanyin, produced between the Wei and Song dynasties by monks travelling along the road and by local Buddhists.

Tiradentes

Living in a state rich in gold, Tiradentes used the knowledge he acquired about minerals to enter the public service (he achieved the ranks of alferes, low in the hierarchy of the epoch), and he was sent to missions in cities along the road between Vila Rica (the capital of Minas Gerais) and Rio de Janeiro; this road was the "open vein" used to export most of the gold to Portugal.

Tishomingo, Oklahoma

Before the founding of Tishomingo in 1852, the area was known as Good Springs, named for the presence of several springs that made the place a suitable camp site along the road between Fort Washita and Fort Arbuckle.

Tremblay Road

The road is largely residential with a few offices and light industry along the road, including offices for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.

Tvøroyri

Froðba has columnar basalt along the road, a famous poet Poul F. Joensen had his home in Froðba, and there is a monument there to honour him.

Vungwi Primary School

It is along the road between Cha Cha Cha Township or, Donga Town Ship and Tongogara High School in Shurugwi Rural Areas under the chieftainship of Chief Nhema.The school was known for its academic excellency during the late 80s and early 90s when it was used to attain a pass rate of 100% on the national grade 7 examinations set by the Ministry of Education, Zimbabwe.

Walchelin de Ferriers

Along the road, several skirmishes broke out between the marching crusaders and the Saracen army marching parallel under Saladin.