Honor where honor is due...

It's easy to take good (even great!) things for granted when you have nothing to compare it to.  We live in a time when, frankly, most church musical productions have become either silly or (worse) sexy.  Imitating the entertainment standards of the lost world, many churches have thrown out the western cultural heritage that has come to us with centuries of artistic refinement and faithulness to the values of traditional Christendom: truth, beauty, and goodness.

No so with the Catalina Foothills Church Chorale.  Director Joan Ashcraft has gone to great lengths to successully blend:  the best of traditional music and contemporary compositions;  the best of professional musicians and talented volunteers;  the best of vocal styles ranging from Baroque to Black gospel;  the best of music which easily speaks for itself, with selections which elevate and educate the audience's tastes and senstivities.

The concert last Sunday may have been the best one ever at Catalina Foothills.  It shook me out of my Christmas doldrums and fired me up to worship Jesus in spirit and truth this week.    In the future, I am going to be more diligent to promote the concerts and presentations of this group everywhere that I can, including this blog.  Giving honor where honor is due, I thank God for Joan, Jane Brandt (accompanist), and all the vocalists and instrumentalists who gave so generously of their time and talent for the edification of the body of Christ at the Christmas concert, Gloria!