OTHER PROJECTS
harmony of the gospels.com
I've always considered myself a student of the scriptures. My dad is a gospel scholar and passed on his love of the scriptures to us kids. He took us to Israel when I was 14, and I completely fell in love with the Holy Land, its history, and its people. In 2000, we went back, that time with my husband. And in the summer 2023, I was able to take all my kids, and they too fell in love with the land of Israel. To say that Israel is my favorite place on earth is not an exaggeration. I even titled one of my original piano pieces "Jerusalem."
I've taught the gospel for many years in church, including 9+ years teaching seminary. In all my studies, I've desperately searched for a way to read the Four Gospels chronologically. Like the last 24 hours of Christ's mortal life? Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all give different bits and pieces, but I couldn't find it laid out how I wanted to study it: side by side, verse by verse, in chronological order.
So I created the harmonyofthegospels.com website.
It fulfilled my desire to see things lined up in order, and I started using it immediately in my personal studies.
But that wasn't enough. I wanted to study all the scriptures chronologically. For example, I attended a bible study with a friend, and we'd jump back and forth between the book of Acts and the Pauline letters. What a cool way to study Paul's life, right? But when I went back to study the book of Acts a few years later, I found myself scrambling to remember which letters matched which parts of the history. So I expanded the website.
With lots of studying, comparing resources, making changes, and doing my own digging into archeology and secular history, I've created this website to include the entire:
All in chronological order—or at least as chronological as I could manage since many details aren't given about when a particular book was written.
But I love it! And I hope you will too.
It's incredible to read about King David escaping Saul and then immediately read the psalms he wrote while hiding in the caves by the Dead Sea. Or one of the craziest timelines I came across is the 40 years leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC, which is covered in the following books: 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, 1 Nephi, Daniel, and Ezekiel, with a few psalms thrown in. That's a lot of perspectives that are amazing to study as a group. And as I mentioned, the most important for me—and what started this project—is reading the Savior's mortal ministry side-by-side, verse-by-verse. Here's one example from His baptism:
In addition to the scriptures, you can also find a general timeline, family trees, and lists of main people and places mentioned in the scriptures. Where applicable, the Bible videos series have been included. I've also created a Chronological Scripture Reading Guide so you can study the scriptures in chronological order on your own or with the website.
NOTE: The website is best viewed on a desktop, although it can be viewed on mobile.
Anyway, if you can't tell, I'm very passionate about this. So if it sounds like something that interests you, check it out and let me know what you think! :)
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play the hymns
I started a YouTube channel to demonstrate how to play different hymns on the piano. This is still a work in project, and I have many more hymns to go, but if you're interested, you can check it out here.
fabulous flowers album
A few years back, my friend Rebecca Behrends asked me to accompany her for her violin album of original pieces based on flowers. I loved working with her on this project, and her songs and beautiful. You can listen to them here:
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