Transparent Christian Magazine

Bella Musica

I’m a concertina Jedi. The Force is obviously strong in me. The I-wanna-be-a-teacher-when-I-grow-up comes out. “Okay,” I say, “try holding that button down and moving the bellows in and out. It shouldn’t make a sound, because it’s the air-only key.

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The New Adventures of an Old Gibson Guitar-Jason Elkins

“Dad gave me his Gibson for my birthday” He said. I was standing in Books-A-Million with my older brother Jeff. And I momentarily lost my breath… The 1965 Gibson acoustic guitar that he mentioned was a Christmas present my mother gave my father that year…It moved over a dozen times in Michigan; from Highland Park, [...]

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Now Serving: In the Words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers–by Jeff Elkins

“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” Albert Schweitzer is oft-quoted. The quote above has been used regularly in graduation speeches and toward the promotion of volunteerism - and [...]

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