The Healing is a project that has been on my heart for many years. It’s a collection of soothing instrumentals (culminating with a medley of two timeless spirituals) that I pray will bring you peace as you listen.

Interestingly, the title track was the final song added to the album. It developed organically over the first weekend that shelter-in-place mandates had begun in the United States (March 2020). I wasn’t looking to write something, but between Saturday morning and Sunday evening, the song was complete, and it was clear there was a divine timing and purpose. For something so poignant to arrive during a time of great pain, it felt natural to name the song and album after the healing we all needed.

Miracles come in many ways (including the Divine), but they happen most often through the love and care we give to each other. Whether it’s a smile, a kind word, or a shoulder to lean on, we need one another to make each other whole. Together, we are the healing.

Acknowledgements

My heart is full of thanks – starting with my wife Sheila, my daughter Brooke, and my son Joseph. You have helped bring this project to life and are my healing every day. I would also like to thank my piano teacher of 12 years, Mrs. Betty Stasson, who taught me “can’t” is a four letter word! To all my Covenant Church and Daystar family of worshippers, it’s been great fun and an honor to worship God with you. To Marcus & Joni Lamb, I’d like to give a special thanks for believing in the call on my life, allowing it to grow, and sharing it with the world. 

And finally, to my late father, Joseph Ninowski, Sr. — who survived both the Great Depression and being shot down during WWII — and my mother Linda — who escaped the Holocaust, was a mother of four, and survived my father’s early passing. You both taught me that nothing is ever above you or below you… to be humble, to get back up again, to make a difference. To be, in fact, The Healing. This project is for you both.