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Piano is my chosen instrument. I started playing the piano when I was five years old and loved it from the beginning. The ability to make music with my own fingers seemed like magic to me. After a year of piano, my parents bought a…
Our lives are hectic. We often neglect the most important part of us–our soul. Read about my Soul Spa Kit that outlines 59 ways to care for your soul. Find out how to get this FREE Kit at the bottom of this post. Have you…
Today I’m over at my friend Meadow Rue’s blog. Meadow Rue Merrill is an award-winning writer, contributing magazine editor and mom of six including Ruth, who was adopted from Uganda. Meadow doesn’t wear a clerical collar. She didn’t graduate from seminary, but she believes that God…
Sit still. Breathe in. Breathe out. Focus. Sounds impossible right? Meditation can seem difficult and impractical–even intolerable. Meditation can appear nebulous and mysterious–even an invitation to trouble. In fact, some types of meditation are dangerous. Eastern meditation emphasizes the emptying of the mind. Jesus…
After church one Sunday, a member of our congregation jokingly announced that our services would be much shorter if he gave the sermon. He would edit the message down to a few key words: “Listen up people—do good stuff.” If he wasn’t joking, I think…
I remember a day when worship happened instinctively. The sky was bright with the setting sun. As the sun bounced it’s rays on the clouds the sky turned gold, then pink, then purple. I stopped watering my begonias for a minute and worshiped. I have…
God has given me freedom, but I don’t always live as if I am free. I get tangled up in the chains of ambition and people-pleasing. Although I am free in Christ, I sometimes willingly step into shackles that prevent from living in that freedom.…
Waiting is not my best thing. But the story of Elizabeth in the Bible helped me learn something important during a period of waiting. Elizabeth had a long wait. The Bible tells us that the mother of John the Baptist was “advanced in years” when…
We expect great things out of life. But often life disappoints us. A while back, my husband and I were scrolling through Netflix, trying to find something to watch. I spied a movie with a plotline described as, “An accomplished pianist’s life takes a terrible…