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”.…
The worship team had met to rehearse and chat about how best to lead and support the congregation in the worship service, see previous blog here. As would musical preparation in many churches on Sunday, we met an hour before the service to run through the songs. An exercise to…
The noise from the truck was deafening. The cars behind it stayed a distance, the sight of the rubbish collected in the truck seems to also ‘speak’ of its smell. The full seven days of 2019 are in history. Beginning with thoughts and plans for the new year, some of…
Entering the building, the security people were interested in my belongings. They want to deduce from my belongings my intention. It appears they can deduce implications from materials to form an intention that I own. Before this building came into existence, the objects were stored in numerous locations. The objects…
We met yesterday morning for a worship band rehearsal. It’s the line up we had the last time we got together to lead worship, about 3 months ago. This would be for a special service in a week’s time. The three singers sang with a lot of conviction, but it…
Opening the door, I went out in the normal fashion, taking the keys with me. Leaving the computer on had to be done. I was nearest the door anyway. I went to the car and drove away. My mobile phone rang about an hour later, but I didn’t answer it.…
Some days ago I was at a work meeting where there was going to be a change in the manner of documentation and reporting for senior managers. The work I have done so far has not been in vain, it was not condemned to the black hole; I also dreaded…
