Joy and Strength (Christian life and music)

  My latest Scripture song based on Psalm 28, "Blessed Be the Lord." Enjoy!

You may or may not know but I have been fighting a very hard battle on the home front.  If I let it, it would have the power to crush me - like a tidal wave. Not going into details, but suffice it to say that I feel absolutely powerless over this situation.  I have prayed, fasted, asked everyone I know to pray - and still, the waves keep coming. In the past, at times, I let it all get to me.  I caved.  I got discouraged.  I doubted God's love for me.  Yes, me. But you know what?  I'm here to tell you that my faith in God is actually being made stronger in the storm.   I still trust God. I still know that He loves me with an everlasting, deep, abiding love. I still know that in His perfect time, He will  calm the storm around me.  For now, He is training me to find the calm in the storm within  me. These are hard lessons, hard trials. But I know that I know that I know that the Lord knows exactly  what He doing in my life and in all the parameters of my life.  Ha, devil!  You lo

Ok, this is scary.  I mean promoting my musical.  This baby of mine has been a labor of love for almost 10 years.   During that time, it has taken many turns - the plot, the lead character, the songs.  When we lived in L.A., I had a couple of read-throughs with some professional actors.  It was fun! I enjoyed hearing my words come to life by some very talented actors who knew the right inflections and emotion behind each line right off the bat. But, as they say, life got in the way.  I never got to produce it in L.A. And now, this pandemic.  Oy. The last read-through I had was in April, via Zoom.  It went well and the "cast" really liked it. But now what?  How can I get this thing produced during this crazy time? Yet I feel led to have at it - at least start the buzz about it. You must realize how much I abhor promoting my works.  But I am very excited to share my "baby" with the world!  "Knowing God" revolves around Sarah, the leading lady who meets with