Comments on: Me, James Erb, and the nature of God http://voxemphatica.com/2009/09/me-james-erb-and-the-nature-of-god/ Irony, wit, and some well-placed ridicule Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Texaco http://voxemphatica.com/2009/09/me-james-erb-and-the-nature-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Texaco Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:15:10 +0000 http://voxemphatica.com/?p=63#comment-4 amen. hard stuff to come by, isn't it, having lost faith in the gods of our fathers and mothers. hard to come by a faith that is personal. and harder still, for me, because faith is a slippery object--or maybe life is lube. something has to transcend it or it slips from my grasp. amen. hard stuff to come by, isn’t it, having lost faith in the gods of our fathers and mothers. hard to come by a faith that is personal. and harder still, for me, because faith is a slippery object–or maybe life is lube. something has to transcend it or it slips from my grasp.

]]> By: Martin http://voxemphatica.com/2009/09/me-james-erb-and-the-nature-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Martin Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:41:38 +0000 http://voxemphatica.com/?p=63#comment-3 Thanks for this. I particularly like your appreciation for quiet music. Google "simon carrington soft". When performed as written the final note in "Shenandoah" is a perfect unison of all four parts, soprano, alto, tenor and bass and so soft and gentle that it is hard know when it ends. For more than 30 years I have worshiped Goodness singing in church choirs music at the level of the titles you reference and higher (happy clappy music being lower). The last church in our city offering that opportunity downgraded the music program. For centuries, music and organizations wanting to inspire people have had a creative tension, organized religion being a prime example. At the same time, insecure leaders (i.e. clergy) have long chafed when they encounter those that are moved more by music that their rhetoric. The solution is usually to remove the "offending" musician-in-charge. Among my favorite choral music: "Crucifixus A 8" by Lotti, and "When David Heard" by Eric Whitacre. "Shenandoah" is also on my list - but for another reason: My future wife, Hope Armstrong, was in the first choir to sing it, and it was written by their director, my father. Martin Thanks for this. I particularly like your appreciation for quiet music. Google “simon carrington soft”. When performed as written the final note in “Shenandoah” is a perfect unison of all four parts, soprano, alto, tenor and bass and so soft and gentle that it is hard know when it ends.

For more than 30 years I have worshiped Goodness singing in church choirs music at the level of the titles you reference and higher (happy clappy music being lower). The last church in our city offering that opportunity downgraded the music program.

For centuries, music and organizations wanting to inspire people have had a creative tension, organized religion being a prime example. At the same time, insecure leaders (i.e. clergy) have long chafed when they encounter those that are moved more by music that their rhetoric. The solution is usually to remove the “offending” musician-in-charge.

Among my favorite choral music: “Crucifixus A 8″ by Lotti, and “When David Heard” by Eric Whitacre.

“Shenandoah” is also on my list – but for another reason: My future wife, Hope Armstrong, was in the first choir to sing it, and it was written by their director, my father.

Martin

]]> By: Scott http://voxemphatica.com/2009/09/me-james-erb-and-the-nature-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Scott Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:51:49 +0000 http://voxemphatica.com/?p=63#comment-2 This is exactly the way that I feel and I never would have been able to make it so clear, rational and eloquent. I love you so much. I am so glad that you are in my life. Scott This is exactly the way that I feel and I never would have been able to make it so clear, rational and eloquent.

I love you so much. I am so glad that you are in my life.

Scott

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