This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…

This Friday evening, December 13, 2013 (oh, what was I thinking), there will be yet another Sing-along Messiah in the District of Columbia.  If you watch the newspapers around here, you know that during the Advent season, that if you like to sing George F. Handel's great work Messiah, you have four or five opportunities each weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So why would I bother to fill the airwaves with news about this one? Because -- on Friday evening, December 13, 2013, at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church at 7:30 pm. -- I will sing publicly for the first time since my surgery.  Thursday, December 12, will be 12 weeks since…

If you have a passion in your life like singing or some other thing that you pursue in the face of overwhelming societal discouragement, you may have heard yourself say in response to the question why, "I must...it is is like breathing to me".  In my case, that may very well be the truth.  My pursuit of singing, my constant efforts to be a better singer, and ultimately my deep reflection to understand why I felt the compulsion to communicate through song, may very well be the driving forces that saved my life in the face of an unknown congenital heart defect. Overly dramatic?  Perhaps;  I am a performer after…

I am finally sitting down to write the entry that I have been postponing for the past three months (really, has it been three?).  Last year at this time, I was so excited, preparing for the great adventure ahead of me called seminary.  And the year and the people and the classes lived up to every expectation and more.  That first great year of transformation and learning ended on what I believed would be a high note -- I closed my books and went on an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land (you can read about those adventures on my other blog, www.sevierlybaptist.com). The trip was indeed everything that I…

Holy Week, again.  This year, it seems quieter, more internal and maybe that has to do with the way we have approached it this year.  Our sermon series "Number Your Days" and our Wednesday Night Words series on Death and Dying have been thought-provoking and have encouraged personal searching and evaluation.  It is, after all, the season to ponder just what all of this resurrection and atonement stuff means in our own lives. That said, all is not quiet and solitude.  As we begin our walk alongside Jesus through betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection, those of us in the Music Department at Calvary, along with our friends on the Mission Board,…