Category: Faith

I was a part of the Collegiate Chorale during my time at the University of Louisville. We were an audition choir, and we rehearsed largely without the use of a piano. We learned all of our music using solfege.

Now, whether imagined or real, the Chorale perceived an opinion around the music school that we as singers were thought to be lesser musicians because we didn’t play instruments (at least the majority of us didn’t) As a symbol of mutual support, we had buttons made up that said the following…

Singers are musicians, too!

It was our way of acknowledging the stigma and countering it. (more…)

I have been struggling with what response, if any, we as Christians should have to the various public officials that have lashed out against Chick-Fil-A and Dan Cathy for his stand against same-sex marriage. Veiled threats of restrictions to new retail locations have come forth in a few cities, and general disdain for Cathy’s views have been issued by several groups.

My view? (more…)

Nobody needs a map anymore.

This is news to exactly, well, no one. GPS, smartphones, in-dash navigation… eventually, our cars themselves will get us where we need to go.

But none of those navigation methods work without a destination. An end point. A dropped pin on a landscape. I need to go there.

With these solutions, the route is less important, at least initially. The destination is of primary concern.

God works differently. He knows the destination, and the route is of primary concern. (more…)