We can be powerful without being perfect

My colleague Tony made this observation in a discussion last week:

“We can be powerful without being perfect.”

It really struck me as an important concept, one that I need to constantly remember on my journey of life.

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January 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: General | Leave a comment

Trust is the word, again

Back in November we got people from all the parishes in Fort Collins together to sing sacred music for Mass.  That was so wonderful, we’re going to do it again!  We’re looking at the end of February, at my home parish.

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January 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Sacred Music | Leave a comment

Honey or vinegar

A colleague today raised an interesting question which caused me to start thinking pretty deeply.  Here’s the problem:  How do we get someone to fix something that they’re satisfied with, but we’re not?  If they have control of the situation, and they’re satisfied with it, it’ll take a lot of concerted effort to get them to change.

This can be especially true in a church context, because there are significant power relationships at work, and deep emotions.  Both of these are even more exaggerated for church musicians.

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January 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Sacred Music | Leave a comment