Category: Arts That Shape Our Souls
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What Song Shaped Your Soul?
There are so many songs about love. Recently, someone suggested I listen to “Love Is a Decision” by Harlan Hayes. The opening line caught my attention: “Love is not always about butterflies.” The song goes on to say that love is choosing the name of the person you love every single day. That simple thought…
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Five Songs for a Curious Pilgrim
Music That Has Helped Me Keep Walking Music has a way of reaching places that sermons and books sometimes cannot. A song can find us in our loneliness, remind us of God’s presence, and give us hope when the road ahead seems uncertain. As I reflected on Jesus’ words, “Stand up and raise your heads,…
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“Farther Along: Living in the Sunshine We Do Not Yet Understand”
Reflections from a Curious Pilgrim “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”— John 13:7 “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully…”— 1 Corinthians 13:12 🌾 A Memory…
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🌿 The Older I Get: Becoming Whole in a Fragmented World
There are some songs that entertain us.Some that stir memories.And then there are songs that quietly sit beside us and say, “This… this is what life is really about.” “The Older I Get” by Alan Jackson is one of those songs. It doesn’t shout.It doesn’t preach.It simply reflects. And in that reflection, it reveals something…
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🌿 The Fine Line, The Narrow Way, and the Fruit We Bear
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on the Life We Are Choosing 🎵 Listening for Truth in Unexpected Places There are moments when truth comes to us not only through Scripture, but through a song, a memory, or a quiet stirring within. When Wayne Watson sings about “The Fine Line,” I hear the reality that life is…
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When a Song Finds You
There are songs we choose to listen to. Then some songs seem to find us at exactly the right moment in life. Freedom! ’90 by George Michael came into my life through a friend named Robert. At the time, I was wrestling with questions about my life, my faith, and my identity. Robert suggested I…
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Why Gentle Mysteries Comfort the Faithful Soul
There is a reason some of us return, again and again, to quiet murder mysteries—stories where violence is never celebrated, where the detective listens more than speaks, and where truth is uncovered slowly, respectfully, and at great cost. These stories are not escapism. They are confession. In Midsomer Murders and Miss Marple, we are reminded…
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“Day by Day”: Finding Meaning in Solitude Through Song
This morning, during my quiet prayer time, I came across a hymn that spoke directly to a deep place in my soul. “Day by Day” by Karoline Sandell-Berg is more than just a beautiful piece of music—it is a profound reminder of how God’s love sustains us, even when life feels confusing, lonely, or uncertain.…
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The Fine Line
There are experiences in life so profound that they transform us, though we may not fully grasp their impact until someone says something, we hear a song, or we see a movie that opens our eyes to the changes we need to make. For me, that moment came through a song—“The Fine Line” by Wayne…
