Dick
B. interviews Christian Recovery leader Heather Layne on the July 18, 2014, episode
of the "Christian Recovery Radio with Dick B." show
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Our
guest, Heather Layne, is a Nashville Christian Country Recording Artist and
Published Song-writer. Her voice and songs can be heard on Country Music Radio
in the United States and overseas. Heather was invited to perform on world
stages including the 2010 Alcoholics Anonymous World Convention in San Antonio,
Texas, with over 60,000 people.
Heather
had her dark days of abuse and relationship difficulties. But she was invited
to join a 12-Step Group where she realized God loved her, would help her, and
had a plan for her life. She particularly grew in Bible study as she sought to
understand God better and discern His will for her service. Today her music is
available at http://www.heatherlayne.com;
and she can be contacted through booking@heatherlayne.com.
Heather
had always loved singing. But the leader of her 12-step recovery group asked
her to share one of the new songs she had recently started writing. Scared
beyond words, she sang her heart out one night in front of about 150 people.
She became the Music Leader at that 12-Step group in Central California; and
her dream to sing and play guitar became a reality. She believes God was
restoring what she was meant to be and realized she was born to do that work.
Heather
has been playing and singing at 12-step recovery programs like Celebrate
Recovery, rescue missions, Teen Challenge events, fairs, women’s events, and
churches since 2001. She is a very inspired and talented musical entertainer in
the recovery arena.
As
we have organized, led, and conducted Christian recovery conferences in various
parts of the United States, we have often been blessed to have the talented
percussionist Walter Santos bring his music and move audiences to ecstatic
enjoyment as he sang doo-wap, Gospel Songs, and innovated music about the
conferences, the speakers, and the importance of Jesus Christ.
And
this caused us to see that a very important part of recovery can be found
through music and from the talents of singers like Santos and now Heather
Layne.
Many
years back, in Wisconsin, I attended and spoke at a recovery meeting with Grace
Snyder, widow of oldtimer Clarence Snyder. And the thing that caught my
attention was the music that preceded the meeting and then the singing of a
talented women that put a whole light into the event. I never forgot the
result. And, on several recent occasions, we have heard the famous Harmonica
Hall of Fame entertainer Darrell Mansfield as he performed with his little
combos, used harmonica after harmonica, and treated recovered and recovering
Christian audiences to contemporary and gospel music.
The
joy of having Heather as a guest today came largely from the fact that I
realized that talented, professional singers like Heather, the woman performer
in Wisconsin, Santos as he travels around the country, and Darrell Mansfield
and his concerts can bring one of the many joys of participating in Christian
recovery groups, 12-Step events, and conferences.
Christian Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation at
Celebrate Hope addresses all aspects of substance abuse http://www.christiansdrugrehab.com
and the ways
to live a Drug and Alcohol free life, plus so much more.
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