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The Great Piano Project, pt. 3
What I learned taking an antique upright piano apart to clean and restore the inside… Part 1 | Part 2 Step 2: Removing Keyboard for Cleaning With the action out of the way, I need to take off all 88 keys. The keys themselves need to be cleaned as well as the space in the piano…
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The Great Piano Project, pt. 2
What I learned taking an antique upright piano apart to clean and restore the inside… Part 1 STEP 1: Remove & clean action Getting this old Gulbransen cleaned out was chore number one. Turns out that old pianos are terrific repositories of dust, dirt, and the plethora of things that get dropped between keys or inside the…
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The Great Piano Project, pt. 1
What I learned taking an antique upright piano apart to clean and restore the inside… I recently picked up an old piano from a neighbor and brought it home for the family to play. We’ve had several over the years, but not since we left Mississippi. With the 3 older kids all doing band or music…
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The Final Benediction, Pt. 2: Coming Up Empty
Previous Parts: 1 At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn’t see who he was.He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?”“No,” they replied.Then he said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some!”So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were…
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Francis Asbury and Kenotic Leadership
From an upcoming book chapter on the leadership of Francis Asbury I am working on for an anthology in Wesleyan leadership. The working title of the whole chapter is “Imitating Christ: The Leadership of Francis Asbury”. Francis Asbury’s leadership corresponds to a “mimetic model” of Christian leadership built around kenosis, servanthood, humility, embracing humanity, and obedience. This…
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The Final Benediction, Pt 1: Upside Down
The Upside Down World Easter is only the beginning but it may have seemed like the end to the disciples of Jesus in those last hours of the Holy Week – especially to Peter. His world is upended by the death of His Master and his own abandonment in the moment. And upended again by…
