"I always thought I would be a music educator but changed my major half-way through college. When my husband, Mark, and I went to seminary, we didn't take our piano to our third floor Chicago apartment. We were youth pastors at a church that used mostly organ music. So, I basically lived three years without music," Jenny says.
Jenny couldn't wait to get back to her piano and her music. After moving to Nashville to take an editorial position at a Christian publishing house, Jenny was ready to move out from behind her computer desk onto her piano bench. She realized her work as an editor and writer had sharpened not only her writing skills but also her radar for God's leading.
"I started paying attention to what God was working up in me. It didn't take long for the songs to bubble up and for me to get reacquainted with my piano. Three years into thinking about writing songs, I'm now singing them for others," Jenny says.
Jenny's music is hope for a hurting world. It's a glimpse of glory in the middle of the daily grind. It's a call to follow Jesus, which means loving your neighbor as yourself.
"It's hard to live as Jesus calls us to do. But we have to learn to walk in the shoes of others and see the world through their eyes. We must choose to show compassion instead of judgment, kindness instead of intolerance, and love instead of hatred. That's the kingdom coming."
Married to a full-time minister and a mother of two, Jenny is quite familiar with the demands of balancing ministry, marriage, motherhood, and mission. She knows others are struggling with all sorts of hurts and trying to make sense of it all.
"My prayer is that these songs give people hope and help them sense a 'glimpse of glory' when they feel the weight of the world every day."
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