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ALONE WITH MY FAITH

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August/September 2021

The pandemic left a lot of us feeling isolated. Including me. But it opened the door to something deeper in my music and in my soul

- HARRY CONNICK JR.

ALONE WITH MY FAITH

Greetings from the Big Easy, the city where I was born and raised (and hope to be visiting as you read this), a city coming back to life after being hit so hard by Covid. I’m thankful that the worst may finally be behind us, but I won’t forget the pain and disruption we all endured.

This virus made us question everything. I worried about my family, my city, my country, the whole world. For most of the past 30 years or so, I’ve spent my life working—on the stage, in a recording or TV studio, on a movie set—or with my family. As much as I love to work, during the pandemic it was the last thing on my mind. I spent a lot of time thinking about the selfless everyday folks who were making our lives livable—or, more accurately, possible. I even got a chance to thank them personally in a CBS TV special I produced in June 2020.

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A Preview From Walking in Grace 2026

Ours was not a musical family. Dad had a guitar he never played. We kids plucked at the strings, but none of us thought to learn to play it ourselves. As part of a music program in school, I took up the recorder. The hope was to graduate to clarinet and join the band. I liked the recorder and practiced regularly. But my family could not afford a clarinet, and I stopped.

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1 min

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His Cardinal Rule

Why this man has crafted hundreds of redbirds out of wood and given them away

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4 mins

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Their Scrappy Christmas

It looked like they wouldn't have much of a holiday that year

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3 mins

Dec/Jan 2026

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Blankets for Baby Jesus

Could I get my young son to understand the reason for the season?

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3 mins

Dec/Jan 2026

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The Legend of Zelda

How learning to play a video game unexpectedly helped this mom in her grief journey

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6 mins

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The Popover Promise

My first Christmas as a mother had me longing for childhood Christmases with my mom

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4 mins

Dec/Jan 2026

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Stitched With Love

If the Lord is willing and the creek don't rise, I know exactly where I'll be every Monday at 3 P.M.

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4 mins

Dec/Jan 2026

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A Hundred Shades of Green

Day by day, I was losing my daddy to dementia. What would be left of him?

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5 mins

Dec/Jan 2026

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“MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM HEAVEN”

Four nights before Christmas, and my tree was bare.

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2 mins

Dec/Jan 2026

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The Memory Ornament

I sat at the dining room table, surrounded by craft supplies, putting the finishing touches on my mom's Christmas gift—an ornament that opened like a jar and held slips of paper with handwritten memories of the year.

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Dec/Jan 2026

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