With a large family the work is constant: dishes pile up, dirty clothes pile up, clean clothes pile up. Sometimes I just have to choose to ignore the unfinished works in progress when I feel I need to be still before God - they will always wait for me... Other times I find my still times in the mundane routine actions of these chores, or when my thoughts drift to God while driving the children somewhere...though more often than not, I think it is the case of God's thoughts drifting in on my preoccupation and my receptiveness to receive this transmission. Maybe being still in this context is less about the posture of the body and more about the posture of the mind, and an awareness of the spiritual, and a relationship with a Heavenly Father.

I’ve often been asked when I started writing music and how I learned, and it’s hard to say because it’s kinda like how I learned how to speak or walk or trust Jesus. People around me showed me it was possible & out of some combination of necessity, curiosity or boredom, and as a gift from God, it just happened. And much like my first steps, my parents could probably give you the play-by-play better than I could. A couple of memories come to mind though:



I’ve struggled with insomnia for most of my life and until about middle school, it seemed normal to me. I remember one night, when I was about 6, lying awake listening to the chorus of dogs outside, the rhythmic rain on the roof & whistling trees and making up a song to go with it. I think my Mom might have transcribed it the next day, but I couldn’t tell you any of the words except “drip drop”. Don't even know if you could call it a song ;p



The first “real” song I wrote was at about 7. As a pretty socially awkward ...

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The fact that I put my faith in God does not necessarily change the things around me that are affecting my life, but it changes me. It reaches deeply into my joy and peace. It allows me to move forward with the assurance that I know Him and that He knows me. It allows me to focus on the goodness of God and not just on what is troubling my thoughts and weighing me down.

Hope in God.
Open your heart to praise Him today!
Come boldly to His Throne of Grace!

Godzgirl out.

We enrolled our son in choir for the summer. I already knew the boy could sing, but he was highly recommended for the choir by his 'music basics' teacher. The theme for this year's performance is a "mini-musical" about song and dance. There are 10 songs they will sing, which are pretty much all about singing and dancing. The show starts off with one of my very favorite songs ever--"Sing" (Words and Music by Joe Raposo; performed by the Carpenters) and goes forth from there with an assortment of fun and interesting musical tidbits.

So we will be playing these songs daily in the car on the way to school for practice. I am sure by the end of the summer I will be able to sing them in my sleep. But perhaps that is a good thing. Perhaps it is not by coincidence that I will have a daily reminder to sing and dance, and together with my children at that. Music is at the very core of my being, but there are times when life gets me down and I don't feel like singing. And so...

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Sorry, no film at 11, just a first time ever blog for myself. Been meaning to blog for some time now, just never knew what to say. Seems so much of blogging is just "blah, blah, blah, oh yeah, blah, blah, blah." I guess my elderberry status really shows in the comment. But I grew up understanding from scripture that we are held accountable for every idle word we utter. I guess I learned to guard my tongue as scripture again tells us to do and it has made me a man of few words, sometimes that is. I can be long winded in reviews and things I'm passionate about or attempting to explain. That comes from another thing I grew up with, leaving the listener with no questions by answering them all up front. Sadly, it seems none of those traits are really appreciated that much anymore. Every now and then someone surprises me though.

So here I am attempting to enter the world of short attention span, quick thought, empty meaning conversations. What am I to do? I guess I can tell you that...

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