The Bonhoeffer House is hosting a house concert on Friday,at The Garden / Eunoia in Charlottesville Va November 22 at 7:00, featuring Sarah Masen and Julie Lee as part of the Lift it Up Tour and Goodbyemotel.

Sarah Masen is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville whose music has been featured on the TV show Party of Five. You can download a free song from her most recent album The Trying Mark by clicking here. When discussing the origin of The Trying Mark, Masen says that “for two years I have had this confessional symbol [of the trying mark] before me as a kind of totem that returns my wandering energies toward center. The fear and frustration of ‘I can’t do my longing justice and feed my children’ is somehow compassionately softened by the trying anyway at both, each day. As I have meditated on the symbol, words like “enough” and phrases like “I don’t know” steady me, redirecting my attention to that mystery within which I live and move and have my being. The songs in this collection point to that unknown country the trying marks.”

Julie Lee is also a singer-songwriter based in Nashville that is known as a “scrapbook of various traditional American styles.” She has had two song covered by Alison Krauss and her new album Till and Mule comes out November 19. You can hear some of the new songs on her website www.julielee.org.

The Bonhoeffer House is at 1841 University Circle, Charlottesville , Va. Parking will not be available at the Bonhoeffer House, but parking at the Culbreth parking garage (130 Culbreth Rd, Charlottesville, VA) is free and a short walk from the House. Will Marsh will be opening and violinist Corrie Covell is featured. We can’t wait to see you all there!