Hello, friends.  I’ve a little song to share with you today — a piece of wisdom from my martial-arts tradition.  This is something every martial artist knows about what to do when you’re falling.

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Please take a leap by joining the conversation: share a story or ask a question below.

P.S.  If you have another minute, I have a short essay you might enjoy reading as well.  It’s a guest post, as a “Monk in the World,” over at Abbey of the Arts.  It’s about karatedo as a spiritual practice.  I really like the virtual community there.   (Except that they don’t have much of our humorous, skeptical side — but you can always come here for that!)

Well, this song is sort of sentimental.  It isn’t funny, or witty, or erudite.  It won’t be going platinum.  But  it’s one of those things about God that I know beyond doubt — and there aren’t very many of those, so I thought I’d better share it.  I hope it will speak to you.

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I hope you feel it too.  If so, please share it with a friend.

Here’s a little satirical song about the unwelcoming “welcome” some of us encounter in church.

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Please share your thoughts below.  And hey, please share this post with anyone you think might get a laugh.  Heaven knows we can all use one.

P.S.  As you can probably tell, Tom Lehrer’s music was a big influence on me. My parents had some of his albums—Songs by Tom Lehrer, More of Tom Lehrer and, of course, An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer—and I listened to them eagerly, even before I was old enough to understand them. So the way I turned out is really his fault.

Here’s a new song about responding to that good news.

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Sheet music for “Turn to the Life” is available in the Free Stuff area here.  There are three versions there: voice with piano, voice alone (as for a church bulletin insert), and a choral arrangement.