10/13/2026
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📚Next stop Harvard University!! I am soooo excited!
In ten days I'm headed to Harvard University to be part of the Human Flourishing and Veritas Program's Public Health and Christianity Conference!!! I've been selected to present my research as one of the conference Lightning Talk speakers!!
This year as a lifelong learner I've been privileged to study and/or present in courses or conferences at:
* Oxford University in the UK, Basel University in Switzerland,
* Duke University in NC,
* Baylor University in TX
and now...
* Harvard!!! * *
*When I was young, a state school was my only option. There was no money and it had been too tough to research and apply for scholarships and various schools from Germany decades before internet while I was an exchange student. Don't get me wrong! I received an excellent education and start!! However, being active in the more renowned academic environments has always been a dream which seemed beyond where God was leading. This year has been a wonderful surprise!
* As stated in my previous post about the Author of the Year awards. Awards are nice acknowledgments but more important to me than any singular title or award is getting the word out about the spiritual practice of listening to song prayers daily and how God can change (transform and restore) your life through it.
* I learned about the Harvard conference in April while doing research for the academic chapter, and applied to be a Lightning Talk speaker at that time. Only a few days ago I received word I had been selected!
* What an opportunity to let other professionals and academics know about availability of this spiritual practice for their clients and patients!! I am also thrilled to be with this community again. Those involved in the field of human flourishing come from such various backgrounds but all have a heart like mine focused on learning how people and communities flourish better and creating tools to facilitate this. Most of the resources I create are about helping you create pauses in the midst ot busy lives in order to be present to the to the amazing God who is always present to you.
* It's also kind of fun...I'Il be participating in this year's competition for Dr. World while I'm at Harvard University!! This is thrilling for me. Thank you for being along for the journey. And if you haven't tried the daily spiritual practice of picking an album or playlist and listening without distraction for at least consecutive twenty minutes per day for at least a month I hope you'll try it soon. You will be amazed what God will do when you connect with Him regularly in this way.
Ad l've got a new album coming out next months called Light Breaking Through which will take you through the Christmas season in a richer, deeper more joyous way. Whether Christmas is hard or easy for you this album will feed your soul. I've written a Companion Journal to go with it. If you don't start an album listening focus before then, that could be a wonderful place to start!
W By the way...each of these steps this year are about just hunkering down with God and listening and then obeying what I sense Him laying on my heart. His will is His desire for you, too and He will lead you in having His effect in your circles. (And most of the time it will help you heal and/or be transformed to be more you in the process.)
* You're in my heart and prayers,
~ Dr. Elizabeth
Dr. United States of America 2026
Let's Change the World Together One Heart at a Time
