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Ashley is a 13-year-old girl in our church that Emily has been teaching guitar to for over a year. We’ve been praying for Ashley over the past four months, ever since she and her family first found out she had a very rare and aggressive form of cancer.

Ashley is going to see Christ today. She woke up this morning seeing hospital workers, tubes, monitors, and needles. Soon she’ll see the face of the One who made the universe.

Praise God that He is good, He is wise, He is all-powerful, and He’s prepared a place for Ashley. But pray for the family.

If you’ve ever heard Carrie Underwood’s (infamous) song “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” and you love laughing at redneck culture, then you’ll love “Cletus Take the Reel.”

While you’re on there, check out “Home School Family,” too. It’s so true!

For all who have enjoyed Rob Kapilow’s What Makes it So Great? series on NPR, you might like to know that, in conjunction with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, he’s begun a video podcast of some of his concerts. You can find info about it and subscribe to it here. So far he’s delved into Bach’s Italian Concerto, Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, and music by Palestrina. Warning: these videos are very large files, though, so you’ll need a fast connection to download them.

For those who don’t know who Rob Kapilow is, he’s a classical musician and composer who does educational concerts where he takes apart a piece of music so the audience can hear and know What Makes it Great. I remember him doing one of his concerts at BJU a few years ago where he went through Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Kapilow has also done shortened, radio-friendly educational segments on NPR.