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Reflections on 60 years
Reflections on 60 years. Today is my 60th birthday, so I thought I’d look back at God’s blessings in my life. Parents I had great parents. And they loved each other. They were the kind of affectionate parents that made a young kid say, “EWWW!” often. Dad would come home from work and fall into…
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Hanging in there
Hanging in there. You can read a great deal about personal habits that help you succeed, but it all starts with just hanging in there. Rock I was in my first few years at The King’s Academy (TKA). Things weren’t going as well as I had hoped. The stress was high and it was getting…
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Pomp and Circumstance
Pomp and Circumstance…again. Graduation season is upon us and that means a whole lot of graduation ceremonies. Bands across the US are working hard to make a good impression at their graduation events. I’ve played in graduation bands and I’ve directed graduation bands. It’s a brutal exercise for a musician. Marathoning Everyone expects to hear…
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Post number 100
Post number 100. Today marks my 100th blog so I thought I would review some of my previous posts. Most Popular Book Review Hacking Classroom Management. I read this book in the summer of 2023 and thought that it would make a nice series of posts. It has become one of the most consistently viewed…
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The return of Christ
The return of Christ. I’ve been thinking about Christ’s return which is one of the central beliefs for Christians. 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11 Early church…
