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Approaching Trinity through music

Greg Willson recently posted some thoughts on whether it’s appropriate to represent the forms of Christ and/or the Trinity through music: So, in relation to the humanity and deity in Christ- we can say they are completely 100% there and yet still compose one Person. It’s as if two violins playing in front of you, sometimes [...]
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Before you leave church on Sunday…

As I attempt to recover from an onslaught of work, snow and continued sniping over written indiscretions, allow me to make a humble request for the coming weekend: If your Good Friday or Easter service includes music or other performing arts that touches you and heightens your perceptions in these days of remembrance, will you take [...]
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Odd bits of trivia: Lincoln Brewster, Jewel and me

For being from such a small town that Homer, Alaska (aka “the cosmic hamlet by the sea”) is, I find myself with at least nominal connections to two well-known hometown musicians: Lincoln Brewster and Jewel (Kilcher). Lincoln Brewster was one year ahead of me in school, though my memory of him fades significantly after elementary school. [...]
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Buddy Greene

HT: trumpetmikey What can I say? I’m a sucker for musical virtuosos… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfLhnkme2mE] Check these links out too: “God Is With Us” “Jonah And The Whale”
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Next Great American Band: Wrapping things up with DMHO

As generally expected, Denver and the Mile High Orchestra was the first band voted off in the finale of The Next Great American Band. That left the alt-gospel Clark Brothers and smooth country Sixwire as the finalists, with the prize refreshingly going to the Clark Brothers. I’m still not sure what DMHO expected to achieve on [...]
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