Category: Family Life
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Music: To Perform or To Participate
Post Views = 3548 It’s a question I’ve grappled with many times, especially as a music teacher. What is the goal of learning music? To perform or to participate? Outside expectations push me into emphasizing the performance. The school wants an impressive end-of-year program. Parents want a successful spring recital. The church wants a Christmas…
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It’s The Simple Things
Post Views = 5729Why do we try so hard? Why do we spend so much? Why do we want the biggest, the best, the most lavish, the exciting? Is this what makes life meaningful? Does bigger mean better? Is this what makes us happy? Does our striving and exerting and doing and spending fulfill us?…