We had westlife in church this evening. Sort of. Technically, the service wasn’t “in the church”, but since the church of scotland’s meant to be big on the whole church-without-walls, and the hall the church-as-community were meeting in definately had walls (and a roof, heating etc), I think it counts.
But the big question is, does [...]
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Westlife in Church
Posted in church, music, ponderings on January 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On Cultivating Gratitude
Posted in life, music on January 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Happiness Project has a good wee post on cultivating gratitude today:
A study showed that people who daily reflected on five things they appreciated felt happier, had more energy, and slept better. People who worked on their gratitude even exercised more!
see here.
One of the things I really like about The Happiness Project is that it [...]
I don’t feel like dancing, or listening to that Christian music.
Posted in church, life, music, musings, video on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t feel like dancing, no sir, no dancing today. Or any day, I’m presbyterian afterall. I’ve been thinking more about music at church services this week (after this a little while ago), and christian generally this week. To summarise, much of it just doesn’t make the cut in my world. When I’m feeling down, [...]
Hey there deliliah, could you help us out with the worship today? (2)
Posted in church, life, music, ponderings on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Jerermy Killian commentated last week on the Hey There Delilah… post that:
A lot of the reason, at least in my opinion, that church music doesn’t feel reassuring and fresh is that it’s not. Fresh I mean; church music, even the great church music of history, is being played into the ground. Imagine if you heard [...]
Hey there delilah, could you help us out with the worship?
Posted in music, ponderings, video on October 14, 2007 | 6 Comments »
For the third week in a row now, the radio’s been playing “Hey there Delilah” by the Plain White T’s while I’ve been driving to church in the evening. On each occasion I’ve sat in the car for a moment when I’ve arrived, wanting to stay and listen, rather than head into church, but each [...]
