Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, and Billy Mays have all passed away recently. Let's pray that they are all in Heaven. Link to News Article
Read more…MUSIC GATEWAY SKILLS. Music has two gateway skills, upon which ALL other music skills are built. After changing my beliefs about “haves” and “have nots,” I learned that all of music is founded on two basic skills, and that no one can DO anything in m
Read more…IDENTITY CRISIS. Identity crisis is a psychological condition in which one is uncertain about one’s self and one’s role in society. This discussion thread might be said to have an identity crisis. Is it about music teaching or spiritual preaching? Is
Read more…I have a question - well by the time I got done more than one - it goes together in a body of teaching that needs to be reviewed and restored in the church to rebuild the walls - to reset the lines to not cross over...to cleanse the church.. to make
Read more…I was watching the news last night, and was shocked to hear what's going on in Iran right now. Protesters are getting beaten up and having their lives taken simply for speaking out against a corrupt election. Even worse, the newly elected leadership
Read more…Did you know that in 1892 the United States Supreme Court made an exhaustive study of the supposed connection between Christianity and the government of the United States. After reviewing hundreds of volumes of historical documents, the Court asserte
Read more…Is this statement the wise guide that it appears to be? What if someone comes to you for advice and you only tell them the positive things about the situation? In my view this leaves the one seeking advice with a lopsided overly rosey view of a situa
Read more…I have a friend who is talking with a psychic/spiritualist. He says she's not really a psychic but more of a spiritualist, and that she gives him free minutes so he doesn't pay for his sessions. What alarms me is that he says he sees her as a friend
Read more…All the details here including... The June 4th luncheon - the actual announcement that went out to all the pastors of the region. The Ministry Wall - how we're planning on making ministry visible so we can join together to be salt and light. Let's
Read more…In the days of westward expansion of our nation, the paradigm that drove the progress was “a nation from ocean to ocean.” This was certainly a new paradigm on the national scene that was not present previously during our colonial days. Many were conv
Read more…I believe that we are in the final seconds of the last days as we know it. The rapture of the true believers is at hand. Jesuse could return at any time. The signs of the times are everywhere.
Read more…He so appreciates the things we do... Singing to him... Spending time with his people... Sharing about him... Teaching others about him... Hearing his voice... Laboring in new ministries... Helping others, in his name... What did you do for God tod
Read more…We are programmed to think that being successful is following a set of principles from Dale Carnegie, Steven Covey, John Maxwell, or others like them who have demonstrated notable successes. But what if achieving success is not dependent on what you
Read more…Belief systems can unknowingly create bondage or purposefully create freedom. When I began my music teaching career, I created bondage. I had been educated to believe there are those who have music talent and those who do not. The “have” and the “hav
Read more…My curriculum resume has the following statement at the top of it: “In my life long search for the boundaries of my students’ learning capabilities, I only ever found the limits of my teaching abilities.” How did I come to realize this? Just like the
Read more…A paradigm is an individual belief or personal philosophy inside you. Your belief system is the interaction of all of them together. Whether you have or have not thought out your paradigms, it makes no difference, because YOU ARE living them daily, o
Read more…I titled this section Bury Dead Tradition because we have got too much dead tradition weighing down our churches. Many people admit this, but few do something about it. For decades, we have all been milling around the wake at dead tradition’s coffin.
Read more…Do you have any children or grandchildren with the Syndrome? I do and he is delightful. The most challenging to his parents and thinks so differently but I am anxious to see what God can do with him. He brings so much joy to our lives. He is 7 years
Read more…"Excellence is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle TRUE STORY. I once heard of a teacher who maintained an index card file of 180 cards in a green metal box on his desk—one card for each of the 180 mandated days of the school year. One day #1 he p
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