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Archive for December, 2008
“Get Back to Work!!”
December 16, 2008Okay, this will not be the most sensitive post I’ve ever made, but maybe that’s due to my current set of circumstances.
Yesterday morning on my way to work I passed by the construction site of a new restaurant in our town. We’ve been looking forward to this being completed for some time, but it looks like there might be a snag. In the 10 degree weather I saw four guys picketing the construction site.
Now, I think labor unions have played an important role in establishing worker’s rights, etc., but more often than not, I wonder if they have outlived their usefulness. I think about those four guys standing there in the cold. I’m sure they think they have a legitimate complaint about some such thing, but then I think about the 500,000 people who lost their jobs last month. I think about the nice people who lost their jobs when the local Kwik-E-Mart abruptly closed last week. I think about the fact that it looks like I’ll be out of work come February. Whatever complaint those four guys represent seems like it would be just so trivial to those hundreds of thousands without work.
So, I couldn’t help myself: I rolled down my window and yelled, “GET BACK TO WORK”. At least while they have that option.
Leading worship or Putting on a concert?
December 11, 2008The thought occurs to me as I listen to the band rehearse for this weekend’s services: Are we leading worship, or just putting on a concert?
We have very talented singers and musicians, but they are struggling with a new arrangment for “Angels We Have Heard on High”. If they are struggling, how will the congregation do without the benefit of music to follow? They will attempt to sing the carol they have been familiar with for years, which of course is not what the band is playing. So, they’ll end up lost, and just stand there listening to a nice concert.
Is that the point?
