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Making music
I have been playing the flute for six years now.
One of the lessons that my flute teacher has taught me is that you shouldn’t criticize yourself, but rather you should analyze yourself. By not criticizing myself, I can better focus on how to address the problem and start listening to the all-knowing God. Through prayer and through listening to spiritual sense, I find that God always leads the way to perfecting a difficult measure or phrase in my music. The thought that I most use while praying is the idea of better expressing and reflecting God every moment, in every measure.
Each year, I compete in a minimum of five competitions. In some, my band performs as a whole, and in others I perform as an individual. Sometimes I’ve had to face nerves, overly competitive and aggressive thoughts, issues with memorization/preparation of music, etc.
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April 25, 2011 issue
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Letters
Joy Oldemeyer, Jack Philips, Caroline Harlow, Yvette M. Whatley, Karen Rippberger
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A new perspective on progress
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Tall tales
Mabel Gragg
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In the palm of his hand
Sam Wells
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Addressing rising food prices with ‘Daily Bread’
Tanner Johnsrud
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God does not punish, but redeems
Genelle Austin-Lett
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The blessing of forgiving
By James Fisher
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Church is like a box of rocks
By Sarah Hyatt
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Shine a healing light on it!
By Brian Kissock
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Justice through reliance on prayer
By Louis Mulumba Mwamba
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A foundation of prayer for the rebuilding in Japan
By Beverley Beddoes-Mills
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Winds of change that can bless—in the Middle East
By Tony Lobl
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Trustworthy government—present now
Name removed by request
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For peace and progress in the Middle East
Marta Greenwood
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Making music
By Savannah Jackson
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Our prayers for the people in Japan
Emma, Emily, E.G., Ellie, Emma, Cindy, Jasmine, Becca
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Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor: Finding home in Japan
Louis E. Benjamin
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Grateful for spiritual flexibility and freedom
Elisabeth Seaman
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A quick healing of abdominal pain
Kevin Ness
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Quick healing of illness
Dan Ziskind
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Permanent healing, not ‘soothing syrups’
The Editors