Every year, I spend the Christmas season in Amritapuri, Amma’s ashram in Kerala, India. One of the highlights of the season is that on Christmas eve the Western residents present a Christmas play. For the last five years, they have been Broadway style musicals. That event is even more special to me because my daughter Chaitanya writes and directs the plays and my son composes most of the musical scores. In addition, he works with the singers and plays the harmonium, an instrument that has a keyboard and bellows. Continue reading “God is Able”
Tag: music composition
Overcoming Myself
Last Thursday morning brought another challenging prompt from Sreejit at The Seeker’s Dungeon. This time the prompt was to answer the following question: “Tell us about your experiences with overcoming yourself.” I knew immediately what I would write about.
My post will actually contain three different stories. The first two are very different from each other and in the third the two come together, addressing a way I am working to “overcome myself.” Continue reading “Overcoming Myself”
Living, Learning and Letting Go 