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From: Michael Eckford
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Subject: Re: Need help with music for service
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Kevinie and Melan Miller wrote:

> ... the service topic is described thusly:
>
> "It is said that whatever doesn't kill you can only make you stronger. It is
> human nature to resist growth and change in favor of the status quo. From my
> years of undergraduate study in psychology, I recall that most of our major
> growth happens in moments of dissociation. This refers to the time when
> reality as it presents itself no longer fits with your understanding of it,
> thus you grow in your understanding of life and the world we live in. The
> service will focus on how we grow and change through our major life
> transitions and significant turning points."
>
> Kevin Miller

Hello Kevin,

Hmm, what a great sounding topic. I have pasted this into my list of
affirmations. Thank you for this.

I can truly relate to reality not fitting with my understanding of it and
"moments of dissociation" (or is it "disassociation"?! - which seems more
familiar to me , although my spell checker didn't flag either one - I seem to
been having one of these "moments" as I write, or maybe I am just making an
"ass" of myself... :o)) Anyway...

"The Call" is a wonderful piece, as are all of the "Mystical Songs" of Vaughan
Williams.

For what this is worth, I happen to be singing this Sunday for a service where
the theme is "growing". I have chosen two pieces - "Everything Must Change" and
"Lessons To Be Learned", both from Barbra Streisand's "Higher Ground" -
available on cd and as printed music, published by Cherry Lane Music Company. I
find this collection to be a great source for "inspirational" music.

Blessings.

Michael Eckford