Singing Across Cultures Recently my friend Daniel Anthony Heath, Director of Contemporary Worship at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, was in Nairobi, Kenya with a missions group. He was working with young children at a local school. He used...
Dr. Thomas Moore, Early Childhood Consultant “What?” I hear you thinking. “Does this guy know the economy stinks and we can’t seem to agree about anything? What planet is he living on? How can singing possibly matter when the world is so...
We need to sing more. In Charlotte, North Carolina, we have a great deal of community dialogue about bringing people together, bringing races together, building racial trust. There is no better way to bring people together than by singing! And this is not just one...
“I can’t sing. OK, I’ll sing with the children. They don’t know the difference between a good voice and a bad one.” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard some variation of these lines during my 30 years as an early childhood consultant and children’s...
Some people protest that they look ridiculous or undignified if they sing. Do we worry about that when we are reading excitedly? When kissing a loved one? Or eating our favorite foods? Any activity can feel ridiculous if you think about it too long. Creative people...
In Remembrance: A 9.11 Memorial Friendship Missionary Baptist Church – Sunday, September 11, 2011 Rene Clausen’s MEMORIAL…inspired by the events of 9.11.01…and all victims of senseless violence was performed for the second time here in...
