Not right now, but I could in the future, the Lord leads, I have a lot to do in the next month with the work I'm doing now--a lot of investment merchandise to sell--plus, I dabble in stock market stuff now, too; my life is in His hands and I will go anywhere He wants me to go, jill, milady, this I hope and pray
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jilly - Your background for liking to talk to those of other faiths, like Muslims, or, no faith, like atheists, about Jesus ?
Good thread, jill, cool beans
Thank you for that last bit, Mr. Green
! I really enjoy these threads, and I hope nobody is too miffed that the OP is taking awhile to catch up to whatever-page-we're-on-now, as I'm trying to go in order
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Investment merchandise? As in, you have a lot of stock to sell?
As far as sharing the Gospel with others, you specifically asked about my background on that. My dad had always told me how horrid it was to not know Jesus (Whom I had met before I developed a shocking testimony, fortunately) and to be by yourself in this world. He had grown up in a denomination, but it had never been real to him (and considering how many of them got saved after my dad became a believer, I don't think it was real to most of them either). That was a lot of the reason, but honestly, I know myself that it's important. Partly because Jesus Himself said to share with others, but partly because if you truly love someone and have their best interests at heart, you want to share life-giving/saving information with them. I don't argue with people about Jesus (IMO; everyone has a different definition of that word, it seems), but I do want everyone to know that there is hope and that Someone loves them, even enough to die for them, and that there are wonderful eternal rewards for following the One Who showed this love
. After all, it's the least we can do for Him, paying it forward and all ...
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You can demonstrate this by singing Amazing Grace to yourself, and you'll find tiny crests of dissonance resolving to small moments of release (creating small musical phrases), as well a large build to a moment of high tension, and a slow release to consonance (a large, overarching harmonic phrase, or complete musical thought.
Six sentences! But now I will show you how to demonstrate this yourself, how the concept of consonance and dissonance build harmonic motion, which in turn, creates phrases.
Sing the first verse, and note how the tones build and release for short phrases:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound / That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found / Was blind, but now I see.
Overall consonance
Slight dissonance
Slight consonance
Highest point of dissonance
So, the pattern in which the melody and the chords are placed creates forward motion. Hopefully that example makes the theory-in-ten-sentences-or-less make sense. (I mean, you did ask me to boil down a topic that is typically taught over the course of four to five semesters in college, and the last time I served as a music theory professor, at Western New Mexico University, was in 2005. I can't believe I just came up with all of that after 8 years of teaching Mary Had A Little Lamb. ^_^ )
Did I help someone come up with a better explanation for something
? Shouryu, as I was reading it, I was thinking, "wow, he's a really good teacher-oh, right, he IS a teacher
. Seriously, thank you so much, for the recipe (which I intend to try as soon as I can get some steel cut oats), and for explaining music theory. Hey, as I was typing that last bit, I was thinking "because he made it easy to understand!" And then I thought "maybe a teacher is only a good teacher if he or she CAN make something easy to understand". Anyway, I read it slowly and the explanation of consonance and dissonance was understandable when I sang the song in my head and listened for each, sort of, if that makes sense. People, if you want a quick explanation of music theory, click the button that will take you back to the original post Shouryu made. Perhaps I shouldn't have cut it, but this post is already really long.
Am I doing this right, BTW? If not, maybe I'm not catching on as well as I thought
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Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow
Gosh, that wasn't as easy as I thought it would be; I'm not at all confident in what I put. Oh well, if I failed, I shall read more about music theory. Or, probably even if I managed to get it right. Do you have a suggestion for a tenish-paragraphs-or-fewer tutorial? Is there a website you recommend?
Sooo... question for everyone.
I'll get to the even numbered ones later, as it's getting a touch late and I don't want to rush on them.
1) Who is your favorite sports athlete?
Um, I suppose Tim Tebow? I like sports accomplishments, but I really don't know many specific athletes.
3) Flip flops or sneakers?
Slides. Specifically my Meleen Croc slides in pink/espresso. Sneaks when it's too cold for bare toes .
Okay, I'm only up to page 6 or so, but I noticed a few people who may not have been asked questions yet, and I don't want to leave anyone out.
Phil36: What's the best thing about turning 40? No, it's not a trick question.
KJV15John11: What's the funniest thing you ever posted, in your opinion?
LoveNeverFails: I thought of this question for you a week ago before I made this thread, but when I posted the thread I was running on only a few hours sleep and forgot it, so here it is now
. You mentioned that your parents had a long distance relationship. Could you share the story? It sounds really sweet
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TheBlackRider: Cool screen name, what does it mean? Also, is it easy for you to talk to people offline as well? You really seemed to jump right in, which is a great way to make friends, as you must know
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Fourleaf: I'd personally rather have the job that I want, rather than the one with benefits, at least as soon as I had saved up enough to take care of myself.