Can songs change the world?
Author: Markus Hauck (Markus Hauck)
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On That Note…
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Three lives lost to racism. Horrific deaths, and yet they are only the tip of a very large iceberg that we have not yet, collectively, acknowledged. We are not on a collision course. We already hit the iceberg, a...
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On That Note: Tonglen
Recently I learned about the Tibetan word tonglen. It refers to a meditation practice in Tibetan Buddhism and roughly translates to “giving and receiving.” The concept is that we visualize with every inhale taking in the suffering of others, and with the exhale sending out love and healing to them.
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On That Note – June 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Recently I learned about the Tibetan word tonglen. It refers to a meditation practice in Tibetan Buddhism and roughly translates to “giving and receiving.” The concept is that we visualize with every inhale taking in the suffering of others, and with the exhale sending out love and healing...
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On That Note – May 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Recently I drove to a home improvement store to pick up a few items I had ordered online. It was shortly after 6 in the morning, and there were virtually no other customers, so a store associate took care of me right away. It took a few minutes...
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On That Note… – March 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Some five years ago, when my wife Laurice was working for the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey (since then rebranded as NJ FaithAction), she envisioned an event where the choirs of the UU congregations in New Jersey would come together to share music and friendship. That idea...