FUMC, Rogers Music Ministry

04/01/2018

03/26/2018

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2017/04/08/a-different-kind-of-fast-part-seven-embrace-mystery/

Dearest monks and artists, Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the plowshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart read…

03/19/2018

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2017/04/01/a-different-kind-of-fast-part-six-embrace-organic-unfolding/

Dearest monks and artists, It was said of Abba Agathon that for three years he lived with a stone in his mouth, until he had learnt to keep silence. (Agathon 15) The silence of the desert elders is…

03/12/2018

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2017/03/25/a-different-kind-of-fast-part-five-embrace-attention/

Dearest monks and artists, It can be so tempting to think, that in our busy lives multitasking will somehow make us more efficient and productive. We bemoan not having more hours in the day, but th…

03/05/2018

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2017/03/18/a-different-kind-of-fast-part-four-embrace-slowness/

Dearest monks and artists, Modern life seems to move at full speed and many of us can hardly catch our breath between the demands of earning a living, nurturing family and friendships, and the hund…

02/26/2018

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2017/03/11/a-different-kind-of-fast-part-three-embrace-trust/

Dearest monks and artists, My word for this year is surplus. It is a word which has been working on me for some time now. A couple of summers ago I was pondering how to make the work I love so much…

02/22/2018

The Quarter Notes rocked!

02/19/2018

Free! 1924 Gulbransen player piano. Per owner Jim: It is a player and we do have reproduction rolls, but alas, quit playing some 49 years ago. We did research and it could be made playable for around $8,000. A historical restoration would run about $20,000. Contact Jim at: [email protected]

02/19/2018

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2017/03/04/a-different-kind-of-fast-part-two-embrace-vulnerability/

Dearest monks and artists, In 2003 my mother became seriously ill quite suddenly and died a few days later in the ICU. I was only 33 at the time, she was my second parent to die and I had no siblin…

02/18/2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-6a25Yo2wE

I took these incredible illustrations by a British illustrator named Simon Smith and put them to an Explosions In The Sky song.

02/14/2018

the Little Free Pantry is 1 year old!