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Hope

January 10, 2020 Robert

The psychologist Erik Erikson writes of how in the first stage of our development the primary concern is basic trust…

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Posted in: music ministry, spirituality Filed under: hope, mistrust, music, spirituality, trust

We are God’s people

May 2, 2019 Robert Leave a comment

From my May 12, 2019 Music Corner bulletin column Today’s Psalm 100:1-2 We are God’s people, the sheep of his…

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Posted in: music ministry, spirituality Filed under: community, faith, psalms, singing, testimony

How music heals

March 29, 2019 Robert

Trees are constantly growing. When a limb is cut off the tree grows around the cut to seal the wound…

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Posted in: creativity, music, music ministry, spirituality Filed under: creative, creativity, healing, play

God through us

February 25, 2019 Robert

Singing into a microphone or playing in front of a congregation can be intimidating. From personal experience and many conversations…

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Posted in: music ministry, spirituality Filed under: courage, service, stewardship, trust

Sympathetic vibration of the heart strings

February 1, 2019 Robert Leave a comment

When you a sing near a cello, it vibrates. If you sing the pitch of one of its strings, it…

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Posted in: music ministry, spirituality Filed under: music, resonate, vibration

Believing is seeing

January 23, 2019 Robert Leave a comment

Mark 1:15 says “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the…

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Posted in: music ministry, spirituality Filed under: belief, imagination, kingdom, seeing

God’s only-begotten song, born into the world

December 22, 2018 Robert

We celebrate that God was born into the world–that God took human form. So, what does this mean? This deceptively…

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Posted in: spirituality Filed under: in the moment, incarnation, performance

what makes a space sacred

May 13, 2018 Robert Leave a comment

The spaces we dwell in have a powerful effect on us. Moving from our parking lot toward the church we…

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Posted in: architecture, psychology, spirituality Filed under: sacred, space

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