The One-Buttock Gospel According to Chopin

MATT CLEAVER adds this:

        Some intersections with the gospel & theology

• Discipleship is more like teaching the piano than passing on information en masse. Think about how kids learn to play the piano: a parent or a teacher sits down on the bench next to them one-on-one. They aren’t invited into a class when they hit a certain age and are expected to learn to play the piano.
• We can “live into” realities that are not present.
• Vision must be big & not incremental. Moving from 3% to 4% is not visionary. We should strive for 100%.
• Stop emphasizing every note, but think about the long line from b to e
• When other people’s eyes are not shining, who am I being to cause that? Not, what is wrong with them?
• Our job is to awaken the possibilities in others
• The conductor never speaks but engages all
• We must believe in the outcome
• One-buttock playing = passionate, consuming, internalized
• His face showed he cared and was passionate

            -Matt Cleaver