tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post115689876335572597..comments2024-03-28T00:13:03.960-07:00Comments on Babasiga: Musical instruments and the lotuPeceli and Wendy's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-32063767424654767122011-06-23T23:24:24.787-07:002011-06-23T23:24:24.787-07:00I can prepare the equipment for you to test. There...I can prepare the equipment for you to test. There are some speakers and wires that need to get in place.Online Klavier Lernenhttp://www.klavier-lernen.ch/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1156938614259203592006-08-30T04:50:00.000-07:002006-08-30T04:50:00.000-07:00I will write a few different posts - probably in t...I will write a few different posts - probably in the geelong blog because it is a huge subject and I've had a lot to do with church music over the years.<BR/><BR/>About those mega-churches - well, yes, it's a concert atmosphere, and doesn't have authenticity when you know where the money's going.<BR/><BR/>And don't get me wrong - that I have an exclusive view regarding spirituality. I really like Sufi music, twirling dervishes, and a diversity of music that has a spiritual focus or is uplifting - or grounded - in some way.<BR/><BR/>I was at an Interfaith women's group yesterday where we listen with respect to one another, but then one woman, a doctor, told the story of a Jehovah's Witness family who refused to save a child with a donation of blood and suddenly some of us immediately became judgemental until one woman, said, 'Hey, stop judging those people. Respect their view too.' So it gets complicated trying to be respectful to other religious views.<BR/>W.Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-1156937816758056302006-08-30T04:36:00.000-07:002006-08-30T04:36:00.000-07:00In Japan, Buddhist temples do have Sunday services...In Japan, Buddhist temples do have Sunday services and there is no music in services. However, when agricultural workers moved to Hawaii and parts of the Americas a century ago and started temples, they gradually adopted similar service patterns as Christian churches. So by the 1930s there was typically an organist, "gathas", which are Buddhist poems, have became songs which were put into a book, and sometimes there are choirs. <BR/><BR/>I like music in religious services (I've played in brass choirs in Christian churches many times for special services), and like to see inovation in that area. Kids especially enjoy a change and having newer ways of expressing themselves.<BR/><BR/>I have a problem though when it comes to those "big box" churches we see in the USA now which IMHO go overboard with and come off looking like a commercial entertainment enterprise rather than a place of worship. (Especially when the minister drives off in a $100,000 car).<BR/><BR/>So I guess I'm for what ever the congregation can relate to as long as it doesn't overshadow the purpose of the gathering - whatever the religion.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.com