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Give the Gift of Music
What do these things have in common: dogs barking, a wailing banshee, an industrial metal press operating at high speed and the swearing skills of a sailor? If you guessed popular teen music, you are bang on. Before anyone gets an idea that this article is about bashing whatever happens to be popular, it’s not. I enjoy probably as wide a range of music styles as anyone I know. The point of this article is to help parents think about being intentional with the music their children listen to on a routine basis. The overriding scripture that comes to mind is Proverbs 29:15 which tells us that “a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” While this verse can be used to help us think about many areas of raising … Read entire article »
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