“She was also delighted to be talking about a subject like music in the church, and not about another subject that might set her emotions to rioting in the streets.”
Letters Upon Another Tuesday
Letter to the Editor: Hi Pastor Doug (great name, btw) I agree with your post about Trump’s declaration that he made last Friday if it were an executive order outside the bounds of his ...
A Continent-Wide Sumo Wrestling Contest
Introduction: As most of you know by now, just the other day President Trump said that churches, synagogues, and mosques needed to be opened up ipso pronto. This was said with a true populist instinct, ...
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Or Maybe a Bit Slower
“The woman who did play for the church, Mrs. Addie Bradshaw, was nowhere near as adept as Savannah had been that night, and as far as anyone could tell, had only one speed, which was moderately slow.”
There’s Always Something
A Common Mistake
“They had no notions beyond the rudiments of roaring the melody—the other lines of music in the hymnal they just assumed to be footings and pylons for the higher notes. Musicians fooled around with things like those. Nobody was supposed to sing them.”
Attributes in Tension
“‘I take your meaning,’ he continued. ‘Or at least I think I do. A gentle and quiet spirit, truly such as Peter describeth—a real Christian. As well as a spitfire and a beautiful hellcat, as per Paul in Titus 2.’”
As the Air Mattress Spins Around You Can See Lots of Things
Introduction: The time has come, I muse to myself, about the need to jot down some thoughts in a stream of consciousness fashion, as one floating on a air mattress, the kind with arm rests, ...
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But Seminary Can’t Cover Everything
“Pastor Thomas walked toward Savannah, but a little uncertainly. There had been nothing in seminary about this kind of thing at all. She was plainly a firecracker, a pippin, a beautiful volcano.”
The COVID Panic Is Waning. We Are Starting to Get Letters About Other Stuff.
Letter to the Editor: I’ve enjoyed reading your thoughts on what’s been happening with this pandemic. One issue that I’d love to hear your thoughts on is mandatory vaccinations. Recently, ...