lavernealhelenaIt has been beautiful joining with Al, Laverne, and Helena for these last two weeks!  We've watched many movies and they shared the new album, Our Daily Bread that Al and Helena have been in collaboration to produce.  Wow, the heart sings when this music is heard and the mind is recognizing how stunning it is to join with love through music. The Open Heart is a group of musicians who collaborate in holy purpose to extend love through Holy Spirit inspired music and music videos. [Open Heart] This dedication to serve the purpose of love has resulted in songs that foster a deeply transcendent experience. Here's one of my favorites, Dear Self.  The sounds and words captivate: I find myself humming, "God is love, love is God, love is the joy of remembering".

And here is a you tube video of a 3 year old, Aliyah, extending the light. She loves the music and sings it too!

Adorable!

The band intended to provide a collection of songs as a daily reminder of peace and joy offered by Spirit and it flows through easily with the music.  ACIM promises that this can be easy and it feels like this album is an answer to that prayer.  It brings together songs songs from earlier albums Holy Relationship, Journey Inward, Ambience, and Sharing the Joy!, as well as some new tracks.  The tracks are beautifully expressed in a variety of contemporary styles including rap, blues, electronic, devotional and ambient and that feels really helpful for unwinding ideas about what spirituality and "spiritual music" look like.   This ACIM inspired music is a touching journey with Spirit to open the heart and remember the song of joy every day.

It's such a beautiful reminder that the heart can be lifted easily to join with love with the power of music from The Open Heart’s new album, Our Daily Bread. [link to album and sample tracks]

They're heading out to the east coast today, then south toward Florida. So if you might be feeling a visit from them and/or host a gathering like this one in Madison: FlyerTuesdayMovieGatheringMadison, by all means extend them a warm invitation.  You can also reach them on Facebook.

Love and gratitude to Al, Laverne, and Helena.  These two weeks have been precious.

Cay