Do you remember that old song from when?  Was it the sixties or seventies?  Great song!

     Yes, it is Monday.  I saw a wonderful movie yesterday.  Freedom Writers.  It is available for rent at your favorite video store, and I posted a little summary of the movie in the THE MOVIES section of this website.  Check it out!

     I decided this morning to discontinue my "job" of directing the church choir that sings for the eleven o'clock service.   There are many reasons for my decision, but what I want to share with you most is the part of having to make that decision responsibly without blaming anyone or without hoping in the back of mind that the parish council would come running and begging me to stay!!

     I love music.  I love to sing.  I have a talent for bringing out the best in other peoples' voices.  Well, I think I do.  I have LOTS of experience with Church music, in particular, and have had the opportunity to sing some of the most  wonderful, classical, and contemporary church music out there.  I've even composed some "church" music.  What I have liked best about the "church" music I have composed is its simplicity, and the ease with which the choir can sing the music and the ease with which the congregation can join in.  And the accompaniament to these simple songs always has a flair which makes the song sound very interesting, etherial, and a little less simple than it actually is, a little orchestral even.

     I hope someday to have another opportunity to direct a church choir.

     I'm working at keeping my decision simple--like the music I compose--without getting into the old thing of people just not knowing what they're losing.  It is good for me to stay in a humble spot.  They will do just fine without me and they might even find someone BETTER than me to take my place!  Wow!  Isn't that an amazing possibility?

     I hope this blog inspires you to look at similar situations in your life and to find comfort and peace in not having to be the greatest, the best, and that person that everyone runs after and dies for!!

     After all, you nor I are ice cream of any flavor!