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God is defined as light from the very beginning . From the first paragraph of the Bible God calls light into being after creating the heavens and the earth and seeing that they were covered with darkness. Where does the light come from that He called into being? Every light has a source.   When we plug in a lamp and turn it on, the light source is coming from a bulb with an electric filament inside reacting to the flow of electricity. When we light a candle the light source is ignited by heat source reacting to oxygen.   When walk outside in the day time, our world is illuminated by the sun—the flaming source of light and heat for our earth.     But there is always a source of light - an origin shining a particular direction.     As a painter paints on a canvas, the painter is aware of where the source of light is illuminating the subject. The subject is not simply lit from nothing—there is always a source of light. Perhaps sunlight or a light in the room.   The painter is dancing be

All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Acting Class

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"There's nowhere else to be but here.  There's nothing else to do but this." These were the first words out of our amazing acting coach, David Ralphe, at the beginning of every class.   You would feel your shoulders relax and your mind’s eye come into focus at the front of the class.   There he would be, probing each of us with his intuitive eye, patiently and compassionately waiting until we were all “there” in the room with him before he commenced. Present.   David was calling us to be present in the moment.   Leave behind all the shoulds, the to-do list, the many obligations and expectations gnawing at us before we walked into class.   Let go of all the activities, events, conversations and circumstances of our day that pooled in our frontal lobe and limbs and joints, and come into this moment.   Don’t miss it!   Be fully available with your senses tuned in to hear, see and comprehend this moment, right now.   Often times we’re ahead of ourselves, thinking abou

My Daily Bread

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My love-hate relationship with goals and routines continues to be the “Bane” of my existence.   I go through seasons of power-house routines: vocal workouts, physical workouts, eating clean, up early meditating and reading, setting my mindset and heart for the day, good parenting and homeschooling routines.   Then my strength empties and I find myself weary.  Who can live up to an optimum existence?   Is anyone living optimally?   Pinterest, HGTV, reality TV, influencers – and the list goes on with secular religiosity (#seculosity) indoctrinating us into an “optimum living” lifestyle.   We are a culture of secular preachers.   “Christian witnessing” is the least of religious offenders nowadays.  There is constant witnessing from everyone you know on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and the all social media churches and their parishioners telling you who you should be and where you are not up to par.   You’re missing out because you don’t fast intermittently