Yesterday was our first choir rehearsal in 2024. We started the new year with celebratory dinner and a mini-lecture on Brahms’ Requiem. The lecture was very educational…Brahms was grappling with his thoughts on God (does he exist? How can he let bad things happen?) as he sought comfort for the death of his dear friend …
End of year reflections
Do you tend to get reflective in the last week of the year? I do. I look at what I’ve done (or not done) and what I hope to do in 2024. I used to set resolutions, but I don’t anymore. Resolutions tend to be too extreme and often not achievable. We can talk about …
Fear not!
Last week my choir director called me and asked me to sing a verse of ‘Lord I want to be a Christian’ following the sermon for two of the Christmas Eve services. I thought she had called the wrong Mary. I said yes, because 1) that’s who I am and 2) how could anyone say …
Why I choose to be a follower of Christ
When I put this blog together I thought it was going to be more focused on Risk Management software, the industry and career anecdotes. I am a firm believer in evolution – evolution of beings, evolution of relationships, evolution of companies and apparently evolution of blogs. I let my fingers do the typing — whatever …