Music To Pray By Podcast 89

Nineteen weeks in. Podcast 89 is here.

Six new Selahs this week, along with the first finished look at a project I have been wanting to build for a while.

In This Episode

• 0:00 Selah in F — from 6-4-2026 Song 2
• 4:36 Selah in E — from 6-4-2026 Song 4
• 10:49 Selah in B — from 6-4-2026 Song 5
• 18:21 Selah in D — from 6-5-2026 Song 2
• 22:48 Selah in E — from 6-5-2026 Song 4
• 26:03 Selah in A — from 6-8-2026 Song 3

Williamsburg and Home Again

Our family vacation to Williamsburg, Virginia, was awesome. It was good to get away, spend that time together, and come home with plenty of memories. I could easily turn the trip into a much longer post, but for now I will just say that I am grateful we were able to go.

A New Light Across the Keys

The biggest visual change this week is the new LED rail across the piano. It is a removable aluminum bar that uses the piano’s existing fallboard supports, so nothing is glued to the finish or keys. A Raspberry Pi listens to the MIDI performance and drives individually addressable lights across the keyboard. The goal is not just to add color, but to let the overhead camera show more of the movement and shape inside the music.

The piano opened up while I fitted the removable aluminum rail. A look at some of the power, data, and LED work behind the new light bar.

This is the first working version, not the last one. I already have ideas for matte-black 3D-printed clips and baffles that will hide the emitters and focus more of the light onto the keys. I am also leaving room for a second strip once I rebuild the power path for it properly. The current result is exciting, but there is still plenty of room to make it cleaner and better.

Finding the Rhythm Again

Getting back into the rhythm of the morning live streams after vacation has been harder than I expected. If a few extra flubbed notes have slipped through this week, I apologize. I am settling back in, and next week should be better.

Pray the Bible: A Prayer for Direction

This week’s Pray the Bible Short comes from Psalm 25. It has been one of the more-watched prayers in the series, and it is a fitting one for any season when the next step is not completely clear.

If the embed is not loading, the direct link is youtube.com/shorts/JLsfFKj5Tzk.

Thank you for listening, and thank you for praying.

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