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The Song in the Night Nursery

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In 2019, a NICU nurse named Mary Beth Harrell at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville started an unusual practice. Each evening during her shift, she...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Zephaniah 3:17.

In 2019, a NICU nurse named Mary Beth Harrell at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville started an unusual practice. Each evening during her shift, she would softly sing hymns over the premature infants in her care. The babies couldn't understand the words. They couldn't even open their eyes yet. But something remarkable happened — their heart rates steadied, their oxygen levels improved, and their tiny fists unclenched.…

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