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A missionary couple, Mr. and Mrs. Porteous, were led to a lonely mountain spot by their Chinese executioners. The angry band hated that these missionaries were preaching the gospel. Pushing them to the ground, one very angry man took out his long sharp knife to kill them, only awaiting for the leader’s order to kill. Expecting…

Two weeks ago, I visited my brother in Texas and did what we love during Sabbath afternoons, make music! It’s been years since we played together and it was a lovely experience to collaborate with him again. We played several pieces of music, but we played heavily from Ed Hogan’s Instrumental Duet Series, Book 3…

It was the common custom of Johann Sebastian Bach to begin each one of his musical compositions with the Latin phrase Soli deo gloria — to God alone be the glory. This was done not out of pious custom. It was because of an overwhelming conviction that what he had composed was chiefly offered to…

This past week, I dedicated 5-6 hours of my time in listening to the music presentation series entitled, “Music in Your Sphere: Max the Potential of Music in Ministry.” It was by a group of young people with musical backgrounds and was held at Phoenix, Arizona in the most recent GYC Conference, “Arise.” What I…

This hymn is one of those oldie but goody kind of hymn. Whenever I hear this sung in church, I can’t deny the fervor and excitement that people usually sing it with. Musically speaking, I think one thing that contributes to that is the quick dotted rhythms at the beginning and end of every phrase…

One of my favorite blog authors, Ashley Danyew, wrote: “Reflection is vital to learning, growing, and success. It works hand-in-hand with action, a constant cycle of doing followed by observing and evaluating our work, our relationships, and the choices we make…Reflection is how we learn and grow as teachers, directors, musicians.” I I totally agree! Most…