Can You Call Yourself a Star?

I listened to a cable show called Behind the Scenes Remastered while I ate breakfast this morning. They presented a fascinating story about the difficult life of the singer Meatloaf. The narrator spoke of a time “Meat” couldn’t sing anymore. When he...

Are Talents Income?

We’ve heard: you can’t live on your art, you’ll be a starving artist, you’ll never make any money, get a real job. Think about it. All those lies showered on us have to do with serving money. Whatever happened to the suggestion that you...

Acutely Aware of Your Presence

“‘Worship happens when you sense an acute awareness of the presence of God and God senses an acute awareness of the presence of you.’” Ray Hughes These words arrested me the first time I read them. Am I pursuing until He has a ACUTE awareness of me, his...

Masterful Timing: From Clay Pot to Fine China

I listened to a symphony in my car last week, amazed at the conductor’s ability to place a chord at a point in time much later than I expected, but exactly where it belonged. At the height of my anticipation, he waited still. This timing forced me, as the...