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Two Albums, One Heart: Quilt Anthems and Bring Us Home
Some weeks I sit back and think about the sheer range of what’s living in my creative world right now, and it honestly makes me laugh a little. On one hand: Quilt Anthems. Cozy, folk-pop, warm, about fabric and patience and the quiet joy of making something with your hands. On the other hand: Bring…
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A Love Song for Anyone Who Has Ever Been Loved
Pieced Together On Purpose This song is a little different from the others on the album. “Stitched Together” is a tender waltz about the idea that the people we love, whether a spouse, a best friend, a parent, or a sister, were somehow meant to be pieced together with us. Like a quilt pattern designed…
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Free Bible Study Guides for “Bring Us Home” — Dig Into the Scripture Behind the Songs
If you’ve been following along with my “Bring Us Home” series, you already know this musical isn’t just inspired by Scripture — it’s built on it. Every song, every character, every scene maps back to real passages: Psalm 137, Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Ezra. And the more I worked on this project, the more I realized…
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Writing “Bring Us Home” with AI — My Honest Creative Process
This is the last post in my “Bring Us Home” series, and I wanted to save it for the end on purpose — because by now, you know the story. You’ve met Aviva, Miryam, Saba Elan, Daniel, Belshazzar, and Nabu. You know the theme, the history, the songs. So now I want to pull back…
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Behind the Song: “We Are Home” — The Finale
This is it — the song that gives “Bring Us Home” its other half. If “Bring Us Home” is the prayer that opens the show, “We Are Home” is the answer that closes it. Today I want to walk you through how this finale comes together, and why one specific moment in it might be…
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Behind the Song: “Can These Dry Bones Live?”
Today’s “Behind the Song” post is about the moment in “Bring Us Home” where the entire emotional direction of the show changes — from grief to hope, from a funeral to a foundation. It’s built on one of the most striking images in all of Scripture: Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones. Where…
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Behind the Song: “By the Willows”
Today’s “Behind the Song” post is about one of the most directly biblical moments in the entire show — a song built almost entirely on a single, devastating verse: Psalm 137:4. “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?” The setup By the time this song happens, the exiles have settled into…
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Behind the Song: “Hush Now (The River Lullaby)”
Today kicks off a “Behind the Song” series where I take you deeper into specific songs from “Bring Us Home” — how they came together, what they’re built on, and why they mean so much to me. First up: the song that threads through the entire show, “Hush Now (The River Lullaby).” Where it sits…
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From 597 BCE to 538 BCE — My Research Process for “Bring Us Home”
I’ve shared a lot about the characters and themes of “Bring Us Home” this week. Today I want to pull back the curtain on something different: the actual historical research that grounds this whole musical. Because while every song is original, every single one of them is built on real history and real Scripture —…
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The Golden Cup — A Small Object That Carries the Whole Story
In a show full of big moments — a city burning, harps hung in willow trees, a hand writing on a palace wall — one of the most important objects in “Bring Us Home” is small enough to hold in one hand. Today I want to talk about the golden temple cup, and why it…
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Singer-songwriter turning 10+ journals of songs into reality ✨ Classical soprano gone indie | Transparent about AI collaboration | “Through It All” album Feb 2026 | Mom of 2 | 5:30am fitness | Also quilts sewmelanie.com
