{"id":41116,"date":"2013-08-12T08:05:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=41116"},"modified":"2013-08-12T00:14:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T05:14:21","slug":"z-randall-stroopes-the-conversion-of-saul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/z-randall-stroopes-the-conversion-of-saul\/","title":{"rendered":"Z. Randall Stroope’s The Conversion of Saul"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Casper asked this question a few weeks ago in his post<\/a>: Why does music hold such power over the human heart?<\/p>\n

In middle and high school, my sanctuary was the choir room. Forget sports (although I did play soccer in high school) and the library, I’d much rather spend before school, after school and even during my lunch hanging out with my choir friends.<\/p>\n

Now I’m sure I probably prepared, memorized and sang more than hundred songs combined through out middle and high school. There were the choir show pieces, the talent show medleys, and the meticulously prepared complex pieces for contest season. Yet, out of those hundreds of songs, there are a few that I simply cannot let go, for they have inexplicably wrapped their melodies into my life.<\/p>\n

One such piece is “The Conversion of Saul” by Z. Randall Stroope.<\/p>\n