From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Recently I learned about the Tibetan word tonglen. It refers to a meditation practice in Tibetan Buddhism and roughly translates to “giving and receiving.” The concept is that we visualize with every inhale taking in the suffering of others, and with the exhale sending out love and healing...
Author: Markus Hauck (Markus Hauck)
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On That Note – May 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Recently I drove to a home improvement store to pick up a few items I had ordered online. It was shortly after 6 in the morning, and there were virtually no other customers, so a store associate took care of me right away. It took a few minutes...
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On That Note… – March 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Some five years ago, when my wife Laurice was working for the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey (since then rebranded as NJ FaithAction), she envisioned an event where the choirs of the UU congregations in New Jersey would come together to share music and friendship. That idea...
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On That Note… – February 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries If you missed the interfaith service on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, or if you just want to hear and see it again, you are in luck. Some of our intrepid technical wizards (including Jason Brome, Randy Crafton, Eileen Delahunty, Jerry Fried, Debbie Ann Tripoldi, and Rev. Scott...
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On That Note – December 2019
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries What wondrous love is this, O my soul? What wondrous love is this that brings my heart such bliss and takes away the pain of my soul? When I was sinking down, sinking down When I was sinking down beneath my sorrow’s ground, friends to me gathered round,...
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On That Note – June 2019
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director Recently in a worship planning session, we were discussing the distinction between performance and worship. According to the dictionary, to perform means “to do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain”; it is usually considered to be a way of presenting something in a way that...