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On That Note…

By Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries “Keep in mind the miracle of the Chinese bamboo tree. After the seed for this amazing tree is planted, you see nothing, absolutely nothing, for four years except for a tiny shoot coming out of a bulb. During those four years, all the growth is underground in a...

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On That Note…

From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries “History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” ― Maya Angelou One of the indicators of mental health is that when talking about an event from the past, the story is not static. It keeps evolving, and the...

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On That Note…

Most of us have been brought up to think about playing as something that we do in our free time – after coming home from work and having dinner, we might play a game of cards or go out in the yard to throw a frisbee or shoot some hoops. Over the past 14 months...

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“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson No matter when the pandemic will be over (or at least sufficiently contained) and we can gather in person again, it is becoming more and more clear that life will not just go back to what it was....

On That Note: Beloved Community
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On That Note: Beloved Community

As of this writing, the presidential inauguration is still several days away. By the time you are reading this newsletter, that event will have passed – maybe it went without a hitch, maybe there was another riot like the one on January 6, when a mob invaded our nation’s Capitol building. Or maybe the next...

On That Note: Future
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On That Note: Future

“Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.” Most of us have heard this said about something which eventually turned out to not be so great. Perhaps you can think of an example from your own life when a vision you had (maybe even supported by a well-laid plan) resulted in a less-than...