An Illumination Book Award Winner
"In Duet with God will touch your heart, as it has touched mine.
It is a book you can never 'finish.'
Jessica's wisdom, faith and love become part of our own lives,
and the door she opens for each reader is a gift we will cherish always."
Frances Hesselbein, Recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, author, My Life in Leadership
It is a book you can never 'finish.'
Jessica's wisdom, faith and love become part of our own lives,
and the door she opens for each reader is a gift we will cherish always."
Frances Hesselbein, Recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, author, My Life in Leadership
Read Excerpts from
In Duet with God: The Story of a Lifelong Friendship
"Fire and Rain"
In the earliest moments of my gestation, I heard music.
My mother played the piano and she practiced often.
When she was pregnant, the vibrations of her favorite melodies--
by Bach, Schubert, and Brahms--
made their way to my developing cells.
I was born a pianist....
My mother played the piano and she practiced often.
When she was pregnant, the vibrations of her favorite melodies--
by Bach, Schubert, and Brahms--
made their way to my developing cells.
I was born a pianist....
"Flora's Secret Garden"
In Duet with God is about an unusual woman named, "Flora."
She came into my life when I was eight.
It took me forty-five years to realize just how remarkable she is...
This chapter from the book describes her...
She came into my life when I was eight.
It took me forty-five years to realize just how remarkable she is...
This chapter from the book describes her...
"Mozart's Melody"
One evening, watching a movie called “Elvira Madigan,”
I became enchanted by the most beautiful melody.
I was thirteen at the time.
The movie was poignant and sad, its soundtrack gentle.
When I heard Mozart’s music, it was like hearing a song from heaven.
I had to play it....
I became enchanted by the most beautiful melody.
I was thirteen at the time.
The movie was poignant and sad, its soundtrack gentle.
When I heard Mozart’s music, it was like hearing a song from heaven.
I had to play it....
Forward to In Duet with God
"There are pieces of music and literature that mightily move us by the sheer force of genius and virtuoso, and there are others, even fewer, that deeply touch us by the pure power of love and humanity. The former move us by the extraordinary expressing its extraordinariness; the latter touch us by the revelation of the extraordinary in the ordinary and of the magnificent in the mundane.
Jessica Roemischer has that rare gift with which she touches our heart through her music and writing. She gently and generously lets us enter her inner temple where we find our own inner sanctuary. She touches our heart by letting us touch hers. In music and writing she is always in duet with her co-players, her audience, and her readers. This is the way she creates, plays, and writes in duet with God.
In Duet with God is at once an autobiographical sketch and a fairy tale that profoundly yet lightly touches our heart. Through the unfolding stories of her relationships with her friend Flora, her mother, her father, and their animals and birds, she reveals that with all of our humanity we are homo sanctus—sacred beings. In Duet with God is a true gem to be enjoyed and cherished in duet with Jessica and her unique genius for lovingly touching your heart." Yasuhiko Kimura, Philosopher and Founder, Vision-in-Action
"There are pieces of music and literature that mightily move us by the sheer force of genius and virtuoso, and there are others, even fewer, that deeply touch us by the pure power of love and humanity. The former move us by the extraordinary expressing its extraordinariness; the latter touch us by the revelation of the extraordinary in the ordinary and of the magnificent in the mundane.
Jessica Roemischer has that rare gift with which she touches our heart through her music and writing. She gently and generously lets us enter her inner temple where we find our own inner sanctuary. She touches our heart by letting us touch hers. In music and writing she is always in duet with her co-players, her audience, and her readers. This is the way she creates, plays, and writes in duet with God.
In Duet with God is at once an autobiographical sketch and a fairy tale that profoundly yet lightly touches our heart. Through the unfolding stories of her relationships with her friend Flora, her mother, her father, and their animals and birds, she reveals that with all of our humanity we are homo sanctus—sacred beings. In Duet with God is a true gem to be enjoyed and cherished in duet with Jessica and her unique genius for lovingly touching your heart." Yasuhiko Kimura, Philosopher and Founder, Vision-in-Action
