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Pentatonic Fun
A short (three-minute) video, just for fun. Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale . Enjoy.
sursumcorda, 28 May 2015 |
Music for Sunday, May 24 (Pentecost)
Pentecost is always a special occasion, but its coinciding with Memorial Day Weekend this year meant our choir numbers were reduced to...
Ordination Service, May 23, 2015
On Saturday we had the privilege of singing for a special ordination service for deacons at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke. ...
Memorial Day, 2015
Yes, there is something good to be found in television. The signal-to-noise ratio may be terrible, but there's good, too, and...
Church Musicians and Other Worshipers: Take Note for...
Tomorrow is Pentecost, which means this is the last day of the Easter season. Which means ... I'm giving Stephan's new Easter...
I Never Knew His Middle Name
If this video has you scratching your head, just ignore it. It's a little tidbit for a few of my readers while I work on my next...
Anthem for Sunday, May 17: To Love Our God
One of our favorites, well worth repeating. To Love Our God (Mark Hayes, Hinshaw Music HMC1576) ...
Daniel Reflection: 21 Months
Daniel is experimenting with talking! Today I offered him a roll at lunch and he said “heh” which means yes, then said...
Anthem for Sunday, May 10: Ave Maria
The Episcopal Church doesn't give secular holidays prominence in the liturgy, hence we are never in danger of becoming, in the words of...
Pioneer Girl
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill (South Dakota...
Anthem for Sunday, May 3: Make Me an Answer to Prayer
Make Me an Answer to Prayer (Dan Adler/Dan Goeller, Gladsong, 0-8006-7440-5)
Ruth MacKensie Campbell
She was a faithful reader of this blog, and even made several comments. She wasn't always a part of my life, but one of my...
First and Fourth
I rooted for two horses in this Kentucky Derby: American Pharoah because that's the way I always misspell "pharaoh," and Frosted,...
Better than Before
Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin (Crown Publishers, 2015) This book...
Joseph Reflection: 4 Years and 10 Months
It’s late. Joseph’s educational summary took too long and I didn’t even add any picture samples! ...
Vivienne Reflection: 3 Years and 3 Months
Our dear Vivienne likes to help and to please, and crumbles if her help turns out to be unhelpful or if we respond too harshly with a...
Reading the Qur'an
The Qur'an , English translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (Oxford University Press, 2004) In the most important sense, a holy...
Trello - The Right Tool at the Right Time
Our friend David, of Mount Sutro fame, introduced me to Trello . I let his invitation languish for several months, and that was...
Practice the Piano, Play Better Chess
This is for everyone, but especially our grandkids. It's a safe video if you watch it here and don't go directly to...
Daniel Reflection: 20 Months
I am loving this stage with Daniel right now. He wants to do everything himself, which can be frustrated (read spills from pouring...
Anthem for Sunday, April 19: Come Follow Me
Come Follow Me (Martin/Williams, Harold Flammer Music, A7933)
How Not to Read a Book
I appreciate that I can place books on hold at our library, knowing that they will be set aside for me as soon as they become...
Free BrainHQ Exercises
I think anyone should be able to get to the Posit Science BrainHQ Daily Spark exercises . At least, the e-mail states,...
Self-Reflection: 33 Years
Some of you complain that there is little about me on the blog of late. I find my Bullet Journal is a better place for the...
Beam Me Up Scotty!
The latest product update e-mail just arrived from Twitter. What am I do make of this? We've launched Periscope, a live,...