I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about authenticity, which makes me wince because I do not want to be a New Age-y cliche-spouting person, but all of a sudden I’m finding a need to define what it is I want to be, how I want to teach, and what I want to hear andContinue reading “The "Ecstatic Experience" and the Authentic Singer”
Monthly Archives: July 2010
R.I.P. Richard Weber 1940-2010
Yesterday morning, as I was waking up in Monterey (on the final leg of my Westward Ho! vacation), I reached for the phone to see if I had any messages. I was sad to read (and even sadder to write) that the disappearance of my dear friend Richard Weber has been solved, and not inContinue reading “R.I.P. Richard Weber 1940-2010”
Singing in church for fun and profit (oh, and spiritual growth, too)
I just sat down this morning and thought about how many denominations for which I have I sung professionally in the last 20+ years…. Presybterian – Calvary, Milwaukee (my first gig for Richard Weber) Lutheran – First English, Baltimore; St. Mark’s, Baltimore; Bethlehem Lutheran, Milwaukee (again, for Richard Weber) Christ Science – a variety ofContinue reading “Singing in church for fun and profit (oh, and spiritual growth, too)”
You need something to fall back on….
There’s a phrase I have always hated. “Something to fall back on.” As if what you’re doing with your life is unreliable, frivolous, unimportant, and worst of all, something that you’re really not that good at so don’t even bother to pursue it, no matter now passionate you feel about it. But I’ve given thatContinue reading “You need something to fall back on….”
Honesty … is such a lonely word….
Holy Serendipity, Batman. I decided that these Billy Joel lyrics were going to be the title of today’s blog – and it’s been awhile since I wrote – and then I decided to lie by the pool and just let thoughts roll over me. Suddenly, I hear that very song as I lay in theContinue reading “Honesty … is such a lonely word….”