When my son Graham was in college he started his own quiet Thanksgiving tradition, writing a little thank-you note—or rather, a thank-you email—to a teacher or coach or mentor who had made a lasting impact on his life. I didn’t know about this tradition until many years later but the beauty and simplicity of itContinue reading “A Legacy of Thanks”
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Don’t Go There Child
My mom was a concert-level pianist as a child but gave up practice for boys & fun in her teens. In her 50s she returned to the piano with a vengeance, taking endless music theory and composition classes determined to unleash her own creativity. She was convinced that if she just knew a little moreContinue reading “Don’t Go There Child”
Come to Bethany
One of the things I love about a song like Come to Bethany is that it leaves people with questions. What’s Bethany? Why do I feel transported by this song? What does it even mean to sing those words? Bringing a song to life is something of a mystery, but I think I can shedContinue reading “Come to Bethany”
Protected: Put That Gavel Down, Boy: 8/5
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New Music
The creative process is rarely linear. So, too, with the spiritual life. In the final days of 2017, as I began a two-month fast from all social media and news, my friend singer/songwriter Blake Flattley asked me if I’d help him write a liturgy. I had no idea what part of the writing I wasContinue reading “New Music”
Heather Choate Davis 