I learned to count by turning the pages of the Broadman Hymnal. A few years later, my fifty-cent lessons enabled me to play these songs on the piano.
As the early church pianist, I often lose my place trying to read the words and play the notes. I now spend time studying the hymn phrases, many taken directly from scripture.
It’s hard for me to play a song when I don’t understand its words. This is what spurred my interest in Ebenezer in the hymn, “Come Thou Fount.”
When I was a child my parents instilled in me a love for the English language.

Samuel, Mephibosheth, and a woman on death row—people telling of our Savior’s love.
A chicken, a dinosaur and a tarantula—just a few props to show how we can serve God and our neighbors.
Peanut butter, pinto beans and grandmother’s chow-chow - merely tools to help share the Bread of Life.
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