Passion

This may come as a surprise to you... but...

I LOVE MUSIC

As a kid growing up in Nashville, my appreciation for music came from my environment... my family, my church, my piano teachers, the talent competitions that I participated in (They don't do that any more because some kid might get his feelings hurt that they didn't win - PLEASE! That is where I decided that I was going to WORK at being a musician. NOW it's "everybody's a winner". That's another post... for another day.), listening to the radio and 45s (Those were those round black things with a whole in the middle), but mostly... from the schools that I was a part of that had great music programs. Music was a BIG THING. There was such an emphasis on the arts that it was actually something you were proud to be a part of.

It saddens me to see our schools having to cut music programs because of a lack of funds... a lack of support. You may have already seen this video... but it is one of the most inspirational things that I have seen in a LONG TIME. Obviously... HERE is a school that has found a way to inspire kids to sing with all of their hearts... and to LOVE music in another way. Check it out:



Is that AMAZING... or what? (There is another version of this song with the director playing the piano. It is just as amazing.) WOW! I guess this proves that it doesn't have as much to do with having the latest tech gadgets and the coolest instruments that money can buy to get kids to sing. It just takes one person with a PASSION to inspire the next generation. It takes a teacher who cares enough about kids to share with them one of the greatest gifts ever given to man... MUSIC. Passion may very well be the greatest resource that we have when it comes to inspiring people to learn and to grow.

BTW: This teacher/director is now one of my modern day HEROES. All of these kids will (no doubt) go on to pursue the arts in some way. THAT is so exciting!

What if we were as PASSIONATE about reaching out to the unchurched and disenfranchised people all around us with God's love? Can you imagine the difference that we could make in our neighborhoods... in our cities... in our world. It just takes people with a PASSION to share with them... THE greatest gift ever given to man. That is the message of God's love and his saving grace in their lives. All of those people that we reach with this message will (no doubt) go on to pursue Jesus in some way. What are we waiting for?