Category: If they were all one part

Today’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 4:16 Members of the American Psychological Association performed a study on how members of the various sections of eleven major symphony orchestras perceived each other. The percussionists (drummers) were viewed as insensitive, unintelligent, and hard-of-hearing, yet fun-loving. String players (violins) were seen as arrogant, stuffy, and unathletic. The brass players (trumpets) were described as[…]

Today’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Philippians 2:4 Have you ever been to a concert or other musical performance where someone in the audience quietly sings along with the soloist on stage? It can be pretty annoying. Believe it or not, those “shadow singers” can lurk in other places besides the audience. Sometimes they’re standing on stage right[…]

Today’s Scripture:2 Timothy 4:2 Paul instructed Timothy that he was to “ . . . correct, rebuke, and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.” Then Paul warned that a time would come when people would not be willing to receive correction. Honestly, sometimes I wonder if that day has already arrived. No one enjoys being corrected, but if it’s done[…]

Today’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:13, 28-30 Isn’t it amazing how we can associate, work, or worship with people but we don’t really know them? Sometimes we don’t even know their names. For months, I had shown up for choir practice and remained secluded with the altos. I sat by the same people but never bothered to learn their names. The[…]

Today’s Scripture: Job 8:9; Romans 12:16; James 4:14 In 1998, Lynda Ellis wrote a poem called The Dash, referring to the dash (-) on a tombstone placed between the year of birth and the year of death. The dash represents what we do between the time we are born and the time we die. That’s our “space.” The impact of[…]

Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 I tend to get easily distracted, which is why my preferred seat at church is in the front. If I sit in the back, I pay more attention to the people around me than I do the sermon. When the choir director placed us on the risers, he instructed us to “find our window” so we[…]