AprilSingsalot's Podcast

Three verses on kindness from Proverbs, and a great song to help us remember how deep the love of Jesus truly is. 

Get your copy of all the scriptures and songs from this series at aprilsingsalot.com/love

Pick an issue and there is strong feelings on both sides, with diminishing space in between…it’s as if neutral ground is nonexistent. 

I have been both bothered by this and tempted to weigh in and take a side. Give everyone a piece of my mind, because of course what is missing is my voice in this cacophony of noise. 🙄

After intense prayer and study, I feel called instead to spread love through sharing scripture and songs in this series.

If we treat ourselves well, then we are more likely to treat others as well. The angry behavior we have towards others is really reflective of how angry we are with ourselves. And so when we can forgive ourselves, we are more likely to forgive others.

Pick an issue and there is strong feelings on both sides, with diminishing space in between…it’s as if neutral ground is nonexistent. 

I have been both bothered by this and tempted to weigh in and take a side. Give everyone a piece of my mind, because of course what is missing is my voice in this cacophony of noise. 🙄

After intense prayer and study, I feel called instead to spread love through sharing scripture and songs in this series.

Once we feel fully accepted as WE are, then we can more easily accept others as THEY are. It starts with how we feel about ourselves. And when we are more accepting of ourselves, then we are more accepting of others.

It’s not a secret that we’re divided right now. Pick an issue and there is strong feelings on both sides, with diminishing space in between…it’s as if neutral ground is nonexistent. 

I have been both bothered by this and tempted to weigh in and take a side. Give everyone a piece of my mind, because of course what is missing is my voice in this cacophony of noise. 🙄

After some intense prayer and study, I feel called instead to spread love. To remind us of our higher calling. 

I’m sharing what I’ve found in the hopes that it will help us stop competing and start connecting. 

So I'm starting a new series for Fall on Love. I truly believe that if we really understood how much God loves us, everything else would fall into place. I feel called to spread love through sharing scripture and songs in this series. May this help us to have strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow! 

Different translations of the Bible can be really helpful to hear scripture in a way that makes it easier to apply to your daily life.

Here are some of my favorites! 

One of the things that I'm passionate about is advocating for musicians, myself included, to be paid well for our service.

I thought there would come a time when people would no longer expect that I would do things for free. 

And then I heard about a Grammy award winning artist being asked to perform for free.

And now I have something to say! 

There are a lot of discussions around whether or not we should encourage people to sing in group settings.

I've had opportunities to sing in several different churches recently and I have been really impressed with the ways that we can still participate together, even if we're not singing together.

I am happiest on the days that I can be both a musician AND a mom.

But being a mom is so all consuming that it's easy to get absorbed in THAT and stop making time for music. 

What happens next is usually not a pretty picture...here's a peek at what happens. 

**Recording these podcasts have been a lifesaver for me, particularly when I hear that these messages are inspirational, and that the music and messages have been helpful. Thank you so much for listening and for encouraging me along the way!

I must confess that I have dropped out of many Bible studies, because other people would read passages in the Bible and then come to the discussion with all kinds of deep insights that I just did NOT understand.

And I would feel SO lost and convinced that other people are just way deeper than I am.

This podcast describes what I've found helps me apply the Bible to my daily life.

(And I've since joined a small group in my church...much less pressure to be "deep" and more along the lines of a support group for life!) 

I went straight from college to boot camp, an extreme change, then on to "A" school, which was yet another new reality.

It's similar to what we're all experiencing right now, where our reality from six months ago was ripped away, we went into something extremely restricted, and now it's like sort of normal, but not.

Here's what helped me in that situation...