There is a post going around Facebook about chronic pain conditions. I read it, thinking that someone had written very vulnerably about their experience and how I wanted to leave them an encouraging comment. At the end of the post were the words, “I’ll be watching who reads to the end of this post. In […]
Posts in the choral music category:
thinking about prayer
Sometimes I feel guilty for identifying with songs that have nothing to do with what I pray about personally… But at other times I realize that this is what we do when we come together in worship. It is especially true when we come together in large groups that we don’t know all of the […]
where joy and sorrow meet
There is a stone in my purse–a round, smooth stone. I received it on June 10, 2007, when I attended the last service in the old North Anderson Church of God building with my new dog guide, Loretta. Every once in a while, I take the stone out and hold it and remember the truth […]
meditation on a piece of choral music
Last week I went back to choir after numerous weeks at home with migraines and respiratory infections. One of the songs we are working on is called, “This Is My Word.” It is a very powerful song based on a passage from Isaiah. A friend, Marshall, is in the choir and is working on sign […]
the dog and the timpani
I’ve been singing with various choirs since 1993, and my dogs have never uttered one noise about being stuck in the soprano 1 section. My last guide dog, Meghan (the yellow one in the picture of three dogs), amazed me by not moving a muscle when I ended up standing behind the timpani when the […]
Through
When I saw what lay before me, “Lord,” I cried, “what will I do?” I thought He would just remove it, but He gently led me through. Without fire there’s no refining; without pain, no relief. Without flood there’s no rescue; without testing, no belief. –Gloria Gaither, “Through” This song always tears me up when […]