Child is This’ because people love to hear piano, or music in general, at my church. I played this piece at the candlelight service as the postlude. I learned that if I just play with my heart and not worry about anything, I play much better and with so much more emotion evoked into my pieces. I, one day, could become famous for my talent. I choose to play piano for my church. I did this because I’m really talented in piano. My Christian background and piano background led me to choose…
informing them that the final instrumentalists are awake and ready to play their part. Three children emerge from the stairs hauling pencils, pastels, and sketch paper, littering the living room floor as new masterpieces are planned and executed. Music from microphones fill the rooms with my mother's soulful singing while graphite and stationary collide to become art. The kitchen bustles with the whirring and whizzing of batter being baked by my father. To an outsider listening in only a…
In the 1800s, Alexis de Tocqueville claimed that “There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.” This was understandably true in the early nineteenth century. Even today, religion plays a significant role in laws and issues in our country. However, the truth of the matter often gets lost in the changes that our society has gone through. Many today end up rejecting or condemning Christianity as childish,…
Critical Reflection 1 The call to be a Christian is unique to the individual who chooses to follow the word of the Lord and bring Christ into their life. For some, they could have grown up in a Christian household and took upon their parent’s beliefs; others may have not been looking for their faith in God, but rather stumbled upon it unknowingly. My path to Christ is unique because I was raised in a Catholic-household, meaning I went through my First Communion and Confirmation, but I still…
A Christian liberal arts education does not have a textbook definition but is a solid foundation of teachings that are most essential towards a development of knowledge. This knowledge is then turned a personal worldview, which is comprised of previous teachings, experiences, and beliefs. In Heaven is a Place on Earth, Michael Wittmer states, “A worldview is a framework of fundamental concepts of beliefs about the world. In short, a worldview comprises the lens through which we see the world.” A…
understanding, creativity and skills, and expresses emotional powers which can appeal or affect our senses and displays creative skills in visual forms. 3. Music is one work of Art that I like. I like it because of the inspiring words that it contains. "It Is Well With My Soul" is a song by Horatio Spafford that has inspired me a lot. Anytime I listen to this music it relaxes and communicate with me. When I was a child my mother used to play this song often, but I did enjoy it and I did not how…
Good People” by author David Foster Wallace he talks about a young highly devoted Christian couple that get news that one of them does not want to hear. This young couple is so in love until something unexpected happens. When Lane Dean Jr finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, he starts to question himself and if he truly love her, and what they should do with the baby. He also comes to question their beliefs as a Christian and what might happen. They do not know if this is what they want, they…
and in certain circumstances, drifting away from typical Christian values is condemned. For example, even her Pentecostal grandparents are depicted as strange and eccentric for their beliefs because they are not part of the understood and accepted Christian community. Growing up in such a predominantly Christian society probably affected her somewhat negatively in this way because it caused her to have a bias towards Christianity and Christian people later in life. She explains that most…
The musician I did for my paper was Sharon Kam. Sharon Kam is a 45 year old classical clarinetist. Her major career started when she was 16 and she joined the Israeli Philharmonics and director Zubin Mehta on stage while she performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Not long after, she performed the Clarinet Quintet with the Guarneri String Quartet in Carnegie Hall, New York. She loves playing and listening to Mozart. Sharon Kam is one of the most influential clarinet players because she has…
The legacy of the Crusades, whether positive or negative, has been contested among Christians and non-Christians alike. Although there were clearly political, intellectual, and technological benefits to Europe as a result of the Crusades, can it be said that the Crusades advanced the cause of Christ? In histories which concern the medieval West the development that we call the Crusades is constantly regarded finally as a standout amongst the most imperative impacts on European life in the Middle…