Alone [1Word5Voices]

There are a few variations, but many will remember the nursery rhyme, The Farmer in the Dell (here’s one way it has been sung). For the uninitiated, the song is little more than a string of relationships. The Farmer takes a wife, who takes a child, who takes a nurse, who takes a cow, who […]

Look [1Word5Voices]

There’s something flying high above us. How can you tell if it’s a bird or a plane or Superman? You have to look. Looking precedes seeing. If we want to see – to know…to understand…to perceive – we must first look. I don’t believe it’s a stretch to say, looking will frame, shape, and determine […]

Sing [#1Word5voices]

I attended a conference yesterday which began with some singing. I don’t believe this to be a uniquely Methodist practice, but I have experienced many gatherings that began in a like manner. Perhaps we Methodists like to sing because at our roots, one of our founders was in love with music. Of course, I’m thinking of Charles Wesley. Charles, the […]