I’m a reflective person, who frequently thinks about dates and milestones. I have a friend who regularly counts down to every future event on his calendar. 30 days till vacation, 100 days till the next Olympics, etc. I work in the other direction. Past dates tend to stick in my brain, and I remember with as much accuracy as a birthday or anniversary those dates which have become as defining. Today is March 27, and fifteen years ago this evening I learned that I didn’t want to be alone anymore.
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Rick Seaholm
That is what makes the performing arts so unique.
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a rare Boston performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic during their 2014 tour. This would be the first visiting orchestra I’ve seen at Symphony Hall.
This post is a statement of faith I gave at Edwards Church, UCC in Framingham, MA on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2013.
Listening… Watching… Waiting… Themes which permeate the weeks of Advent. Themes which a choir director like me studies and hones his whole career.