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everybody lies: Reading Music: A means to an end
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Aug 20, 2011. Reading Music: A means to an end. I never understood what the phrase "means to an end" meant until I started teaching drum lessons. ( Shameless self-plug. I was with my guitar-slinging brother-in-law one morning having coffee and I was telling him about my new endeavor of music lessons. The inevitable question, "Do you teach your students to read music? For the sake of teaching. The language, without thinking about. It (Like George Orwell taught us in his book 1984. Reading sheet music does...
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everybody lies: January 2012
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Jan 27, 2012. One day, the man wanted to take his 8-year-old grandson out into the field with him. He longed to share his experience with his grandson, hoping his grandson would enjoy it. Also, he hoped to spot one of the seasonal species and he had read about being seen recently in this area. Then the boy said, "Look Grandpa, there's a bird! As he pointed up towards the top of a tree. Well," said the boy, "I think its beautiful.". The man stood stunned at what his boy had just said. Jan 26, 2012. If you...
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everybody lies: September 2012
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Sep 10, 2012. Hymns and the Anti-Genre. Last Sunday at Hillcrest I decided to use all hymns for the music portion of our worship service, at the suggestion of an elderly lady in our congregation. I was happy to oblige, not just because it was a great idea, but because I was thrilled that somebody actually had an idea/suggestion/input regarding their worship service. (In over a year of doing this, this is the first time anybody has suggested anything.). Before this time, what we know as "hymns" was all th...
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everybody lies: Hymns and the Anti-Genre
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Sep 10, 2012. Hymns and the Anti-Genre. Last Sunday at Hillcrest I decided to use all hymns for the music portion of our worship service, at the suggestion of an elderly lady in our congregation. I was happy to oblige, not just because it was a great idea, but because I was thrilled that somebody actually had an idea/suggestion/input regarding their worship service. (In over a year of doing this, this is the first time anybody has suggested anything.). Before this time, what we know as "hymns" was all th...
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everybody lies: April 2012
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Apr 15, 2012. Too Difficult to Copy. In the past, it was easy to seemingly regulate the "ownership" of ideas, because ideas weren't recognized as existing until they were converted from "idea-form" into "tangible-form". Hence, copy-write laws were born, and they were easy to enforce. If you're a car company, you can't name your car a Camry. If your a musician, you can't cover somebody else's song and call it your own. The point of copy write laws is to protect people from having their ideas stolen, and- ...
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everybody lies: January 2013
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Jan 24, 2013. Insurrection: The Almost-Final Installment. I should have written the final installment of my review of Peter Rollins' book Insurrection. 11 months ago. I know what it will look like- Long ago I wrote it in my head and scribbled notes on paper. But I'm scared to finally write it here. There's only one way to honestly apply this book in my life, and publishing it is apparently something I'm not prepared to do. Hopefully it will find its way to these pages soon. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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everybody lies: Insurrection: The Almost-Final Installment
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Jan 24, 2013. Insurrection: The Almost-Final Installment. I should have written the final installment of my review of Peter Rollins' book Insurrection. 11 months ago. I know what it will look like- Long ago I wrote it in my head and scribbled notes on paper. But I'm scared to finally write it here. There's only one way to honestly apply this book in my life, and publishing it is apparently something I'm not prepared to do. Hopefully it will find its way to these pages soon. Thought processes of a blonde.
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everybody lies: November 2013
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Nov 15, 2013. Why People Go to Church and Why People Drink. Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go. Where everybody knows your name,. And they're always glad you came. He said, with index finger pointed horizontally, "should be the place where everybody knows your name. Not a bar. But there's a second reason people go to bars:. This is what Cheers. Thought processe...
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everybody lies: On Joy and Social Justice
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Apr 9, 2013. On Joy and Social Justice. The absolute BEST thing a person can do for this world is to live one's own life to its fullest potential. This means loving others, but also knowing when to say "no" for the betterment of oneself. When helping somebody else is wrought with obligation, nobody is being helped. What good would it be to light another's candle if it only makes your own go out, or burn a little dimmer? What does living out your joy mean? The very poverty that caused. Was causing it all.
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everybody lies: September 2013
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Sep 10, 2013. New Gregory Boyd Book: Benefit of the Doubt. One of my favorite authors and speakers Gregory Boyd just released a new book. Judging by the title, I hope it's as good as Peter Rollins' Insurrection. Which I reviewed here. If nothing else, it's just good to see the word "doubt" on the cover of another book. Certainty, satisfaction, and self-aggrandizing belief systems are definitely idols. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Thought processes of a blonde. 112716 First Baptist in Madison, SD.
