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Violin Mercenary: A prayer for you

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Music and musing for hire. Thursday, April 29, 2010. A prayer for you. God of life,. There are days when the burdens we carry. Are heavy on our shoulders and weigh us down,. When the road seems dreary and endless,. The skies gray and threatening,. When our lives have no music in them,. And our hearts are lonely,. And our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light,. Turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise;. Tune our hearts to brave music;. And so quicken our spirits.

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Violin Mercenary: February 2010

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Music and musing for hire. Sunday, February 7, 2010. 8221; – 1st Corinthians 15:1-11. 8220;What is the hill that you are willing to die on? 8221; This is a question leaders might ask themselves when facing a contentious issue or resistance to a new idea. It’s a question of perspective – is the issue at hand significant enough to stake everything on? Is the principle behind it all worth sacrificing my career, my reputation, my future? Think about: What hill, cause, or ideal would you die for? There is som...

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Violin Mercenary: September 2008

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Music and musing for hire. Thursday, September 25, 2008. 8220;Your second year is harder than your first.”. Honesty is a rare commodity. Or perhaps it is not so much rare as it is neglected. Unspoken truths can pile up like dusty boxes, cluttering our hearts. If it were you, wouldn’t you want to know? Or would you get offended that they noticed what was glaringly obvious to everyone else in the room? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Next Door to Percy.

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Violin Mercenary: 20 Random Thoughts for the Day

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Music and musing for hire. Friday, January 8, 2010. 20 Random Thoughts for the Day. 1 I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. 2 Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. 3 I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. 4 There is great need for a sarcasm font. 5 How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? 6 Was learning cursive really necessary? But when I immed...

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Violin Mercenary: August 2010

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Music and musing for hire. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Excitedly, I strode through the front-door of "major office supply chain" and strode to the furniture section. I made a to-do of sitting in all kinds of chairs. I thought it would be something like dating: I would know which one was "the one" the moment our bodies were entwined. Unlike dating, however, I went from one to the next, all in the name of discovering my next ministry partner. The new chair is going to take some getting used to. But while...

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Violin Mercenary: July 2008

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Music and musing for hire. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Mostly, we healthy folk take for granted the days we are able to grumble at the alarm clock, then bathe, feed and go to the bathroom without assistance from someone else. But I wonder what we would do if we knew death was around the corner, perhaps even tomorrow. What would we do with our last hours? Try to do dinner with those we love most and put into words years of unspoken affection and gratitude? Or are we just too busy? Friday, July 4, 2008.

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Violin Mercenary: August 2008

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Music and musing for hire. Thursday, August 28, 2008. But what are we saying about the Gospel when we equate Jesus with toys? Can the story of God, Creator of the entire universe, manifest in Jesus Christ for the salvation of the world, be contained on the side of a box of breath mints or a fish on the back of a car? While such instances make me smile, it also makes me concerned to have the hope of the world reduced to bite-sized form. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Violin Mercenary: “Which Hill?” – 1st Corinthians 15:1-11

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Music and musing for hire. Sunday, February 7, 2010. 8221; – 1st Corinthians 15:1-11. 8220;What is the hill that you are willing to die on? 8221; This is a question leaders might ask themselves when facing a contentious issue or resistance to a new idea. It’s a question of perspective – is the issue at hand significant enough to stake everything on? Is the principle behind it all worth sacrificing my career, my reputation, my future? Think about: What hill, cause, or ideal would you die for? There is som...

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Violin Mercenary: December 2010

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Music and musing for hire. Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Except that it isn’t. Remember what Mary and Joseph had to do just to get room in a smelly, dirty, itchy barn. This was no surgically clean labor-and-delivery room either. This is after they had traveled many miles for the government’s silly census. (Ladies, you think it was tough riding in the car while eight-months pregnant, imagine being on the back of a donkey for over a hundred miles! 8221;, it’s not hard to imagine Joseph perhaps feeling ...