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Hong Kong Noah’s Ark Fever
One doesn’t have to have any special qualification or education to have critical thinking, and able to observe that which is wrong. You do not have to be a scientist, anthropologist, archeologist to see what is fishy about the “Noah’s Ark” mess/blunder/stupidity. Continue reading
Good Choirs Do Not Follow The Director
When I told my choir “Don’t follow me.“ They were shocked. For many years they had been faithfully following their director, trying their best, doing their best. They often wondered why other members are not as good as they were in following the director. Some members even tried to sing “a little louder” so that the next singer who needed some help could follow them. They wondered why the choir had never made much progress since as long as they remembered. Continue reading
Being Politically Correct
Though I am easy going and polite, I have not been known to be politically correct all of the time because I tend to say the truth with a smile. Continue reading
從民族音樂學的角度看宣教
從民族音樂學[1]的角度看宣教 羅天樂
蒙 神厚恩,筆者從一九七二年起授課於加州三藩市社區學院〈全美最大社區學院,有十三校舍,十一萬學生〉音樂系除講授獨唱,合唱,樂理,鍵盤,及東亞音樂課程之外且開始從事發展「民族音樂學」教育,成為在北美社區學院講授民族音樂課程的先驅老師;曾在北美,東南亞各地演講授課。至今該校共有五位民族音樂教授,有四類民族音樂課程,共二十餘班。2002年被選為亞洲研究系主任。又因在神學院及教會事奉,常被問及教會音樂敬拜難題,因不懂教會真理常啞口無言以對,終於致力教牧學進修多年。筆者希望在此分享所得點滴,但願能對宣教事工作出一點提醒或供獻。 Continue reading
商品音樂,藝術音樂與基督教音樂
我們活着的時代是一個地球村的時代,資訊傳媒大爆炸,在一秒之內,一響槍聲可傳達全世界。在傳媒工作者熱心幹活之下,全球正在發生的事可立刻目睹無遺,甚麼秘密都可能被公開,傳媒工作者的報道也不是絕對客觀,使我們找不到真理。在全球網路上,要甚麼就即可找到,在電腦面前甚麼都有可能做得到,全球網路成了每一個人的私家市場。靠電腦企業一夜致富的目睹皆是。這小小的地球村成了千變萬化的花花世界。 Continue reading