Wow. You mean it? You must not… You must not… and if you do, ….put to death, …put to death. The language is rather direct, but maybe there is a language translation problem. , but maybe there is a language translation problem. Or maybe the issue is so ever important…
This is a first look at “syllabus”. It’s in the title but it’s not a syllabus. What I have here is some useful ideas about the syllabus. Following feedback I will provide more information to explain, clarify and support others test and implement this. Primary ideas Music Discipleship goes “hand…
At a weekend conference, the digital piano was in fact electronic piano. I don’t know whether people make that difference (digital or electronic) or whether the naming system is consistent across manufacturers. Briefly, digital piano has better sounds (and more effects) than electronic. It sounds like a major difference, but…
While proposing the series on Ingredients for Worship, it will be pretentious of me to propose something that goes against principles of that series. Not only so, I will come across as hypocritical. It is like giving with one hand, and stealing with the other. There are fundamental differences between…
Sound of a slight crack. Was it something dropped on the ground outside the window? Coming back to it again after a few moments. That sounded like a brittle crack. No, I got the glasses here, yet to wash them. They are not cracked. My mind wondered away to a…
We can hear the melody of a song we are familiar with, sort of “in our head”. We might sing along to it. And for musicians who are familiar with the written music, we can even ‘see’ the music score as we playback the melody in our head. We don’t…
As a church community, we should identify and nurture singers and musicians similarly to supporting them grow in the world. I want to focus on music discipleship. This could be central to a person in his/her development in their music activities – knowledge, relationship (friendship, ensemble, community) as well as…
The church assistant treasurer has set up new ways to manage offerings such that everyone has more time to talk to each other following the formal service time. I recently looked through about a hundred row of data to identify common and new information. A friend has come to the…
The other person informed me there is water along the road and she had great difficulty using the wheelchair there. It would be better if I went another way though longer, but dry. I said thanks but went ahead, out of curiosity but also a different wheelchair might fare better,…
1977, the year Voyager 1 was launched. No longer in its teenage years, in early 2019, it had reached a point in space no human created object had travelled to, and transmitted back images of a planet it sought to focus on – Ultima Thule. Thinking about this a month…
When Christians sing Come, now is the time to worship, what do they mean? It’s a collective thing. They invite others to come and worship together. It’s a nice tune too. And there is a further thing, they worship, they say somebody or something else is really really fantastic they…
Beauty for brokenness makes you wonder what this could mean, or whether it is logical, does it make sense? Reading the other way “Broken for beauty” seems to help. “Beauty for brokenness” suggests there is a reason for something to be broken. But this reason is both “for” and “because of”.…
