The Opening Scene
Overture comes from the French “ouverture”, which means an opening. This may be obvious to the musically inclined, anyone who has listened to anything from Mozart’s overture to The Marriage of Figaro to Menken’s overture of his score for Beauty and the Beast. I am a total nerd for soundtracks. And no matter how many […]
What I Learned From A Plateful of Whipped Cream
I came home late last evening, tired from the day. I’d gone to a worship conference designed to refuel and renew the participants. Yet, I found myself worn out, the lungs of my heart suffocating as they longed for a breath of Asian air. It’s been almost six months since I’ve returned. Three and a […]
From Perfectionism to Participation
From a young age, music has been woven into my daily life. Like many young kids, I had piano lessons, as my parents hoped that learning an instrument would teach me how to be disciplined and responsible. What was supposed to have been only a 1-2-year experience, turned into a 13-year journey filled with challenging […]
An Overture of Love
These are polarizing times. Opinions become hardline stances and it can be difficult to see past the opinion and see the human behind it. I believe that we, as divinely loved children, should be on the front lines, making overtures of kindness. We need to be initiating and drawing others into safe places of conversation, […]