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Music Notes

The need for change in music is self-evident. Playing the same note over and over could barely even be called music. Similarly, playing the same song repeatedly, even your favorites, would eventually get old. Imagine your favorite three hymns and then imagine singing...

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Telling sTORIes

“Into the unknown, into the unknoooooooown!” If you just sang along in your head, you’ve seen or at least heard this song from the movie Frozen II. Bonus points if you went full on Idina Menzel and belted it out, out loud. (or at least in your head!) This song, while...

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A View from Main Street

As the summer draws to an end and our conversation “Summer on the Mount” closes, I keep thinking how our time on the mountain reflects the season we have been in. We climbed through blessing, light, and a righteousness deeper than rule-keeping, through the steep,...

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Change is a Good Thing

Change... a word many wrestle with. A word that pulls us away from the comfort we have. A word that requires us to experience something new, something unknown, something different from the way that things have always been. Change requires us to let go a little, to be...

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Music Notes

After each school orchestra concert I conduct, I have a reflection time with my students. The first question is always “rate your personal performance at the concert on a scale of 1-10”. This is immediately followed by “rate your assessment of the orchestra’s...

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Music Notes

“Preparation” in music, refers to the notes or chords that give context to the changes in harmony. This is also known as “anticipation”. When these notes are played, our ears can’t help but expect the harmony that is to follow.   Similarly, in the church calendar...

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