back to church
“He Set Me Free,” Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 1991
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reading table
And all is always now.
—T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), “Burnt Norton”
passings
Claudio Abbado, conductor, June 26, 1933-January 20, 2014
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Symphony No. 5 (4th Movt.); Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Claudio Abbado, cond.), live, 2004
I love watching him conduct: his hands and arms embody the music, moving with the grace, and the precision, of a ballet dancer.
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reading table
[T]he time of death is every moment . . .
—T. S. Eliot, “The Dry Salvages”
We’ve always believed in singing, in expressing ourselves.
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Sometimes a song . . . is just as great as a sermon.
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A hurricane starts off slowly . . . and when she gets a certain speed, that’s when she’s dangerous. Most preachers . . . get their power going up . . . . [M]ost of my power is given by coming down, down, after I’ve gone up.
—Rev. Johnny L. Jones
Rev. Johnny L. Jones, live, Atlanta
The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta (Dust-To-Digital 2010)
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musical thoughts
. . . music heard so deeply
That it is not heard at all, but you are the music
While the music lasts.—T.S. Eliot, “The Dry Salvages” (Four Quartets)
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