Peaceful Piano Creation Story

It was fun and interesting for me to look at the whole of the month of January’s teachings through music. These truths are foundation and beautiful.
Songwriting is the act of baring one's soul to another in the form of words and music.

It was fun and interesting for me to look at the whole of the month of January’s teachings through music. These truths are foundation and beautiful.

I have been wanting to arrange more of the newly added LDS hymns and this was one that someone in a comment from another video had recommended I do, this and Gethsemane. I finally was able to do them both!

“Where Can I Turn for Peace?” YouTube Link “Where Can I Turn for Peace?” ARTICLE Link Ever since I created this arrangement of “Where Can I Turn for Peace?”, this hymn has had new meaning for me. For some reason,

My husband and I really enjoyed October 2025 General Conference. As I watched the Saturday session, I was impacted by so many messages.

Amazing Grace has been added to the new LDS hymnbook! Yay. I remember that the first time we sang it in my ward in sacrament meeting about 6 months ago, it was a powerful experience. Everyone already knew the hymn well and we just sang it out. It is a powerful song.

Today I want to share a song I worked on with a family friend. Korene reached out to me this summer with a few songs she had written and hired me to help her work on them and write a piano accompaniment for them so she could submit the songs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

I am struck by the humility of Jesus Christ in condescending below all to suffer for our sins, pains and afflictions in the garden of gethsemane, then to continued to suffer on the cross, die and take up his own life again so that he might be the perfect Healer, Redeemer and Savior for each one of us.

I try to do something regularly that I call “Pray with Paper”. It is just simply praying with the intention of seeking to know God’s will for you in whatever parts of your life you need guidance, or who to reach out to that day or whatever might be going on…WITH a piece of paper (or a phone) nearby to write down whatever comes to your mind as you listen for an answer to your question(s). I have been doing this regularly for about three years now and still, every time, it takes faith and trust for me to listen and write down those thoughts. Just from this simple act, my love and connection with God has grown so much and I feel better able to receive guidance and revelation for my life. God is so generous!!

It was in that talk (In his April 1972 general conference address) that my father first read in public the words he had written of the hymn: “I Believe in Christ.” His talk was entitled The Testimony of Jesus. (At the time he was not a member of the quorum of the 12 apostles, he was serving in the first council of the 70). But shortly after that general conference talk, (later that year) he was called to the apostleship.

(If the video looks blurry while watching from YouTube on your TV or computer, press the gear icon (settings) and change it to HD 1080 for the best quality playback!) Hello Friends! Some arrangements I do require more time and