Posted in Music on Apr 9th, 2009 Discussion »
While I’m no expert on any religion—not even my own—I have made a rudimentary observation. The Amish seem to have determined that it was best to stop time. The inventions of some specific time in the past (ties and wheels) may be used at will. But the more recent ones (zippers and electricity) are somehow […]
Posted in Character, Television, Music on May 22nd, 2008 Discussion »
I’m not a big fan of TV and even less of a fan of TV shows. And even though I’m a singer, I never saw so much as a minute of American Idol until one of my daughters (can you guess which one?) dragged me kicking and screaming to watch the finale of AI (not […]
Posted in Family, Music, Music on Mar 19th, 2008 Discussion »
Lonestar was playing in the background as I drove my 13 year old son to school this morning. He was singing along to My Front Porch Lookin’ In when an instrumental break began, and an interesting conversation ensued.
Posted in Character, Music on Oct 7th, 2006 Discussion »
“Turn that racket down!”
Most likely, we all heard that phrase when we were teenagers as our parents shouted it toward our rooms. And surely, we all have, or all will at some point, shout the same desperate pleading toward the bedroom doors of our own children. But these days our primary concern shouldn’t be on […]
Posted in Primary, Music on Jul 2nd, 2006 Discussion »
The church has published 13 standards for Primary children to live by, known as My Gospel Standards. Talented musician Tara Tarbet has composed music for each of the standards to help children learn and internalize them. She has graciously offered them to all of you to download for non-commercial use. The sheet music includes piano […]
