Now that we are almost a week removed, I feel I need to weigh in on the Olympics and NBC’s coverage of it. I feel that the NBC failure has a lot to do with its misunderstanding of its audience.
When I heard that NBC was going to stream every single moment of the Olympics on YouTube, I was excited. My family and I no longer have cable, and the opportunity to stream video of the events with which we wanted to keep track sounded great.
Once upon a time, there was a handsome music minister…
(Now, see, I’ve started this post badly. My fault.)
I once took a meeting with someone in a church I served that wanted some time with me to voice some concerns. I welcome meetings like that. There is never a guarantee of complete agreement, but at least concerns are voiced and addressed directly.
This person, during the course of the conversation, related to me that neither they nor their spouse participated in choir anymore. When I asked why, they told me it was because the style of music had changed over the years, and they did not feel they could worship with the style of music as is. So, they didn’t.
After our conversation, I grieved for them. Not for the music ministry. Not for the choir. Not for the church in general. For them. (more…)
In my last post, I shared some pictures from my first 5K race.
Let me begin this post with the answer the question that no one has specifically asked, but that I have a feeling may be resonating in the #NoCamo readership…
Why are you talking about this so much?
Glad you asked. Or didn’t. Anyway, here’s three reasons… (more…)
Not a Camouflaged Soul 