Music Philosophy Can Bring Peace—part 2
Are you at peace with your philosophy of music
education? Is it Christocentric? Does it put God and His kingdom first or is
your children’s self-actualization at the top of the list? What motivates you to educate your children
musically? Are you willing for them to
receive a music education and then consume it upon their own desires when they
reach adulthood? These questions
normally are the key to a parent or a music educator either being at peace or
not at peace with his or her music philosophy
Christians pride
themselves in the belief that they are not conformed to this world in their
thinking, but when one observes their children’s musical actions as they are
growing up in adulthood one has to often wonder what was stressed in the
home. If Christ is to be given preeminence
in adulthood, parent’s music philosophy of Christ-centeredness must be stressed
as the children are maturing. Giving
back to God does not suddenly happen in adulthood. So, a person may be content with his or her
music philosophy at the present but serious educators and parents need to
understand that direction determines destiny.
As my father used to say, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure”.
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