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Good Advice for Christmas Productions
By Jim Symons • Oct 28, 2010
I have a friend who is going through his first Christmas season as music director at his church. After sending him an email I thought I would share it on the Gatekeeper316 site. Whether you are in your first or forty-first Christmas season, it is good advice.
Dear friend, I trust you are well. There are [...]
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Read More»Gatekeeper316 Atlanta Conference – Day 1
By Jim Symons • Jun 11, 2010
Although there were numerous ‘moments’ during day 1 of our conference in Atlanta, Cliff Barrows’ message on Thursday evening was at the top of the list. (Yes, that is an ax in his hands!)
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Read More»Destination
By Jim Symons • Feb 17, 2010
Several years ago a friend of ours gave us a GPS navigation system for the car. It is a very cool gadget for a directionally challenged guy like me. Basically, it helps keep me on course for arriving at a selected destination. All I need to know is where I want to end up and [...]
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Read More»God’s Purpose
By Jim Symons • Jan 24, 2010
The other morning I read one of those verses that seemed to jump off the page at me. It was part of Luke 7:30 – but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
After some time thinking about possible ramifications of rejecting the purpose of [...]
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Read More»Mike and Me
By Jim Symons • Jan 13, 2010
Mike Speck has been cranking out choir books for a very long time. American church music historians have found Mike Speck collections published prior to 1776. I first came to know Mike through the “He Reigns” project he did with the Rehoboth Choir in 1994. I had my first conversation with Mike in 1996, shortly [...]
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