What's the most popular house style in America?
Steve Jobs developed the first Apple Computers in one.
The Brady Bunch, Golden Girls,
and Breaking Bad take place in one.
And according to the the real estate site, Trulia,
it's the number one home in 34 states.
Say hello to the practical and popular ranch house.
No, it's not as stately as a craftsman,
not as sleek as a mid-century modern,
and definitely not as dramatic as a Victorian.
But the style has flooded the country.
So why is it so common?
Let's first dissect the style.
Ranch houses stand one story tall
and their footprint stretches long.
On the outside, they sport a low-pitched roof,
a sheltered front door that's usually off-center,
a picture window, and an attached garage.
Inside expect to find an open floor plan
and a living room that opens to a patio,
often through a sliding glass door.
Ranch houses embrace privacy.
Socializing happens in the backyard, not on the street.
Historians have called the ranch house hospitable modernism
for its emphasis on family life.
Surprisingly, it wasn't a famous modern architect
who invented this style.
It was a rebellious Las Angeles furniture designer
named Cliff May.
In 1931, Cliff May designed the first ranch house,
a simple, one-story courtyard home in San Diego.
It nodded to his family home in rural California,
Spanish-style haciendas found in the west,
and Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie and Usonian homes.
Soon after, May began selling
ranch house plans to developers,
and even became a developer himself,
constructing over 20,000 ranch houses.
Then after the war years, builders devised low-cost designs
to help make housing affordable
during a time of increased demand.
The federal government jump-started new construction
through subsidies and policies that guaranteed financing
for materially and spatially efficient homes.
Meanwhile, it launched mortgage programs
to make buying new homes a breeze.
People went nuts for ranch houses.
Residents were drawn to its layout,
which emphasized togetherness and clean lines.
Builders loved how mass production and prefabrication
sped up construction to fill ravenous demand.
By the 1950s, nine out of ten new houses
built in California were ranches.
Over the years, ranch houses morphed
as developers cherry-picked details from other styles,
a tactical move to attract buyers.
This house decorated in clapboards
isn't a cape cod, it's a ranch.
This design wrapped in bricks isn't a prairie house,
it's a ranch.
This house capped by a shingle roof isn't a craftsman,
it's a ranch too.
And this stucco home isn't a Spanish revival.
It's also a ranch.
The ranch house's golden age extended
from the 1950s through the 1960s.
By the 1970s, its popularity plummeted,
and it was regarded as boring.
Buyers wanted more space,
so developers built bigger and taller,
effectively sunsetting the ranch.
Today, however, Realtors report a ranch house comeback.
Aging Boomers are drawn to the stair-free,
single-story layout.
Lovers of vintage re-modernism are drawn to its aesthetic.
And these homes are generally affordable
for first-time home buyers.
So when you spy a ranch house in a real estate listing,
on HGTV, or on your block, thank Cliff May.
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Vampyr | What We Know So Far - Duration: 7:23.
(start sound, dog barks)
(dark music)
- There's a bit of darkness in all of us.
Which begs the question,
should that darkness engulf the very heart of you
would you go willingly into the night,
hunting strangers & kin alike for your survival?
Or would the very thought of it
strengthen your resolve to move against the tide,
killing and saving innocent souls
in a tormented attempt
at redemption
It looks like you'll get to release or battle your demons with Vampyr,
Dontnods upcoming semi-open world,
single-player, Action-RPG.
Set after the Great War in 1918,
you'll get to wander the world as Doctor Jonathan Reid,
a surgeon, researcher
and a recently transformed creature of the night
who can cure the people of London from a Spanish flu epidemic
or hunt them down instead
giving in to your thirst for blood.
(dark music)
(man screams)
While government officials are busy toiling away with the struggles of the country,
you'll be battling against supernatural groups
and humans vying for influence in society.
You'll come toe to toe with vampyr hunters,
occult scholars, vampire societies,
supernatural creatures
and Spanish flu victims turned into undead skals
who happen to have a taste for human flesh.
The choices you make will either aid in the salvation or destruction of London.
Four different endings have been confirmed.
From what I've read about Dr. Reid,
his specific role & characteristics
aren't what I'd call new in terms of what's been imagined in vampire lore.
He's a man of science and naturally as such,
he's skeptical about the supernatural.
Reid was a military doctor driven by a desire
to test more modern theories on blood transfusion
and organ transplantation
and he's sure gonna learn about that since on his return to London from war
Reid is attacked and left with a vague memory of a figure reciting a poem
and angling towards his neck.
As a result of that encounter he becomes an Ekon.
By the by, some old school basics,
to enter someone's home you'll have to be invited
and you won't be glittering in the sunlight
however the entire game is set during the night
so you won't even have the option to see yourself explode.
(vampire screams)
. But in a modern twist, you will be able to see your reflection
and you can't turn into a bat.
The kick about this game is that you will need to feed in order to survive.
The more you feed the faster you'll attain the powers you need to kick ass.
- So you can decide to kill no one.
That's possible, but,
it means that the game will be more difficult. - [Interviewer] Right.
- Because you don't have that much XP.
You can try to fight a lot in order to try to make up for the level.
Or you can try to investigate on the citizens.
And collect all the hints from the citizens
That will provide you XP also.
- [DTakes23] And when you do give in to thirst
your victims will range anywhere from killers,
, thieves to priests and innocents alike.
Once you feed their memories will be passed on to you.
Be sure to keep a look out for shelter
because you'll need to get some shut eye to allow the new blood to increase your power.
- It's called a hideout. - [Interviewer] Yea.
- And there are many of them in our game.
You have to unlock them. You have to discover them in the world.
- [DTakes23] And according to the game's website who you kill can have a significant impact.
If you end up killing everyone there's a huge downside as well
as other creatures of the night will take over districts.
Once that happens the storylines, quests and vendors for that District will become unavailable.
These districts are what make up the semi-open world of London
and each district has it's own population of citizens
and a meter that specifies the health of that city.
You'll have guns & melee weapons to aid in your specific end-goal for London
but vampire powers are where it's at.
From what was shown at E3 last year,
you'll have the choice of active skills like defensive, aggressive, tactical
and ultimate categories that are unique to vampires.
For example, Rage is a part of the Ultimate category
and it allows you to lose control and let your inner beast take over.
In Tactical, Shadow veil allows you to drain stamina to fade into the shadows
and become invisible to most enemies.
You can create a form of shadows that pulls targets to you with Shadow Stab
and Spring lets you move toward your target and cause damage on landing.
In the Aggressive category,
Shadow Mist acts like a bomb.
You can place the cloud on the target's feet or yours
. and the cloud explodes after a short time causing heavy damage.
There's a power that allows you to create a shield shield that makes you invisible to others
and absorbs damage until it's inevitably destroyed.
I'm guessing that's part of the defensive tree.
Then there's Coagulation,
this power thickens the blood inside of your target
and stops him from moving for awhile.
Once you choose a category you can then tweak the power to your liking.
For example, here we have an option to upgrade a power
with a noticeable difference in stun, damage and recovery time.
There are also passive powers.
From the images, I gather some have to do with health, xp and how much you feed.
You also have the classic vampire ability to mesmerize
and that'll come in handy when you need a snack.
Two handed melee weapons are a thing
and you have the ability to add mods to your weapons.
Besides guns and a barbed cudgel,
it looks like we'll also have saws and crossbows.
In terms of monitoring your survival,
there's a health bar, stamina bar and a blood bar
which corresponds to your vampire powers.
Vampyr is currently available for preorder.
The preorder bonus includes The Hunters Herilooms DLC
which includes a sword, a pistol and a dark physician suit.
The DLC will also be available for purchase once the game is released.
Vampyr will be released on June 5th on PS4, Xbox One, Windows PC.
Thanks for watching guys,
if you like this video show it some love and let me know what kind of vampyr you want to be.
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I didn't know how dominant that part might be – that thirsted for my blood.
No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you.
I just need a little more.
It's just not normal, this behaviour.
And frankly it's scaring the hell out of me
I remember every horrible moment of it.
And you…so scared that it wasn't real.
Well, guess what? It wasn't.
I somehow always find my way back to you.
I don't understand what i did to make you hate me so much.
I just need a little more.
This is me getting through it.
Please... Don't...
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You are not here
It seems to me there is no continuation ...
And in my soul flowers are showered
Dreams are forgotten
I know that he disappeared forever ...
Give me a chance to forget you.
Become invisible
take dreams and memories back
They hurt my soul without your love
He stayed like white snow on my hand.
A drop of light, whisper tender in the chest
Stay
I hear that your love is still breathing
You can not deceive yourself
I know, I know that you love me ...
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Closed or open mortgage: Which one is right for you? (so you can save money) - Duration: 4:13.
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Hi everyone, welcome to another edition of Homebuyer's School.
Today I'm joined by Mutjaba Syed Manager Mobile Mortgage Specialist
with TD Canada Trust, and today the question we're gonna answer is,
What's the difference between open and closed mortgage rates?
So Mo, what is that difference?
Yeah, so it's a great question.
The difference the main difference between open mortgage and a
closed mortgage is that in open mortgage is there's not really a term attached to
it. You could actually leave that lender at any time without any penalties
incurred. A closed mortgage just means that technically you've signed a
contract with the bank to be there for a certain time period so if you
decided to go with a 5-year term you have to kind of stay with your 5-year
term and then decide after that if you want to stick with the same bank or kind
of go somewhere else, but with an open mortgage it's just--you can actually
move at any time without actually incurring any penalties.
So when should I pick an open versus a closed mortgage rate?
Yeah, so it's--mostly what I would recommend to my clients is that if
they're thinking of what's selling any time soon or leaving, or they're thinking
about moving out of the country or moving cities, an open mortgage is a very
good option at that time so you can get in for a very short time period and
actually get out without paying heavy penalties to get out. Once again it's a great
conversation to actually have with your lender at that time and let them know
about your future plans as well and that could help you determine what the best
rates are for you guys, if open makes more sense or close makes more sense.
Does an open or closed mortgage rate have anything to do with a fixed or
variable mortgage rate or completely simply separate things?
Yeah so there are actually--that's a great question, so we have an open fixed
mortgage rate and we also have open variable mortgage rates. They are--
predominantly it's going to be a little bit higher than the closed fixed
mortgage rates and closed variable rates, and the reason is because banks offer
discounts for clients--to attract clients when you're going with an open mortgage
rate, there's no loyalty, what banks technically finds so it's going to be a
little bit higher and technically in line with what all the banks are
offering, so it's not going to be a discounted rate at all you know, it will
be a little bit of a higher rate than the fixed, the closed fixed with a closed variable.
So in an open mortgage rate, say halfway through that term that you
signed, you can just switch to another bank?
Yeah absolutely, you could switch to a
different lender which you feel like has better rates for you, has better terms for
you. You can sell your home, you could do any of those things to actually get out of
that mortgage, without any penalties.
So why did the banks actually provide the
option of a open? Because wouldn't the banks want to you know, lock you into a
mortgage with that particular bank?
Yeah absolutely--
but I think at the end of the day what we want to do is we want to
actually give options to our clients, whatever it's going to be best fitted
for their needs. A lot of different life situations can happen where options are
a great thing to have. So for banks we want to be able to know
what's best for them.
So Mo do you have anything else to add in terms of
open and closed mortgage rates?
Yeah absolutely, I would just recommend
speaking with your specialist and bank or lender and see what's best for you, it
kind of fits in with your guys budgeting, with your plans
or future plans, and determine which kind of rates are going to be ideal
for your situation.
Perfect well thank you very much Mo.
Thank you very much everyone for joining us, remember to watch our video on the
new mortgage rules in Canada. Have a good day.
That's another edition of
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To be able to fit the ball flat you have to hit the ball halfway in the middle.
It is also important that yours Leg position is absolutely straight
like a wall where the ball bounces off
but also the timing has to be right
you have to do the speed of the ball can assess well so you know when you have to get momentum
the ball Ideally, if you are in front of your foothold, do you meet?
when the ball starts with your passes should be to hoppeln the reason is that
the meeting place is too high and at the same time the leg position is not straight
So remember the meeting place should Do not be too high and your leg is not too slanted
it is correct if you have the ball in the Center meet and your leg position
straight at the meeting point
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GR: Don't you think that Ji Soo Ho is a lot cuter than you think he is...
GR: Where radio programmes are concerned, he genuinely likes them too...
LK: Do you know the incident that had happened to Ji Soo Ho in 2006?
LK: What I'm saying is our radio station keeps receiving these absurd mails....
LK: You are asking us to leave all of a sudden?! This is totally ridiculous??!!!
GR: I have been the main writer for barely a month...How can I be fired after just one month?!
SH: Haven't I told you not to touch her?
LK: Whatever I want to do it entirely up to me...What has it got to do with you?
RH: What is Ji Soo Ho doing here?
RH: Why is Song Geu Rim here too?
LSS: There must be something going on here...
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TAP: So many bloopers Vol 2 - Duration: 11:12.
Good. Let's go!
Where did we mess up?
Page 3.
Alright.
I forget.
All the lines.
That's my chin.
I shouldn't have asked...
I hate you, Jaeger.
Sup?
Yo.
Never know...
Hi.
Isn't Halloween about, like...
gifts!
No!
That's Christmas.
Hi. Hi. Hi.
Hi!
Hi everyone.
Hi.
Oh my god.
Come on out.
What are you doing here?
Sorry, I burped.
I'm going to go get her!
Yeeahh
I burped, sorry. In the middle of that.
Oh, that really hurt.
And where, might I ask, are we?
Sorry...
It was your line.
F***
Gee...Sebastian.
Sorry.
We should bring the timbits over and be like...
what are these?
You just want a timbit.
Yeah, you're right.
Bought it in a lovely shop...
in Covent Gardens in England...
London
England
Bond.
James
Bond.
Why do I put up with that boy?
So we're here at the anime convention...
and...
it's supposed to be a little bit on the rainy side...
so...
I bought this cute little rain hat! With my own savings.
Now I don't have any money for food.
Jaeger!
Jean!
Where!?
I'm going to kick your ass, Jaeger.
You win.
Hey look! The Corporal is back!
Oh.
So he is.
I don't know how you saw him.
Well I'm looking straight out the window.
Jean.
Jean.
That is so creepy!
Oh we see your arm.
Dammit.
Jean! Jean! No no no...no no no. Hey...
JEAAAAAAN!
What district is it in?
District 12.
Now it will be very busy, so you'll need to stay close to me.
Kay.
Good.
You're supposed to say, 'yes yes.'
Oh sorry, my bad.
Sometimes I get excited like a puppy...
and pee myself.
Gotta love ya a good skirt.
Gotta love a good skirt.
Damn.
And these belts...
they don't do anything...
but they make me look good.
Why didn't he fall?
Airplane.
So many airplanes around here.
Thing of the future.
Start over?
Yes.
We're here at the convention... the the an-
The planes!
Very busy crosswalk my lord, you'll have to hold my hand.
See how it goes.
If a plane happens to go by...
Just pause, wait for it to go over...
And then resume.
Okay.
Let me know if there's...
What are my lines?
But they're my friends. But anyways they're they're they're dead they're they're they're..
Words.
Enough!
Coffins to deliver.
I cannot see... ANYTHING.
Stop it.
Sorry!
(Background talk)
Who are you?
You are in the presen-
No, cat down.
You're going to be the greatest pumpkin I'll ever...
Sebastian get it off.
Get it off.
Hey sweetie, I know...
Let me know when Tux leaves.
(Background noise)
Bye Jean....
And he really killed himself.
Marco!
Polo.
Goodbye before... I leave.
I couldn't keep a straight face.
My friend...my love!
God dammit.
Bard, Finny we're just on the way to...
Sorry I'm going to redo it.
Yeah do it.
All the ways you zip and fly...woo.
If you were my child, I'd kill you.
Murder. No I dropped him off at Sebby's daycare.
Bard's gonna do it because if I do it, I might shatter it in a thousand pieces.
That's right Finnian. I thought we weren't doing a bl-vlog.
This is... quite difficult for me.
That's an important piece.
Three..two..one.
No... hesitated.
This is harder than I remember.
No don't!
Okay, so...
The problem with food is...
I can't use any takes now, before you break it.
I sniffed a titan's...
Butt. And it smelt nothing like poo.
Cause they don't poo.
Oh interesting.
Don't be offended by my blunt analysis.
I wonder if uh...
Hange would know how to...
Grow bread.
Don't be offended by my blunt analysis, your twisted mind is really quite gelatinous.
Do you like my hair?
Oh yeah, it's very nice.
Yes, I got it cut.
I didn't even notice.
No?
Sorry about that.
Don't be offended by my blunt-
Was that it? Was that the right thing?
Dab!
What's a condom, Bard?
I think we should leave.
Bard and I have our own room!
It's exci-
Have our own hotel room. Which is exciting cause I thought we'd be sleeping...
On a pile of hay-
Bard and I have our own room!
Which is amazing cause I thought we'd be sleeping on the floor somewhere.
On a pile of hay. In like a dark basement.
It's...it's great! We only have one bed! So we get to cuddle!
We're not cuddlin'.
Okay.
I don't know what cuddling even means.
I just read it in stories.
No. Are you turning into a zombie?
Sorry I tried to make them fall.
They wouldn't fall down.
Claudious?
Grell!
Claudious!
So we're uh, here...
At the anime convention.
Yep.
Nod.
Oh! And I-
Well that's the first time that's happened.
Wow, that sucks.
Up. That will turn off.
No that would be the opposite.
Shut up.
No if it thinks it's too cool...
We gotta make it cooler.
If it thinks it's too cool, you want to tell it that you want it to be cool...
But it, it would think it's too hot if it's turning the fan on.
If it thinks it's too hot, you turn the temperature up and then it would match with it.
Whatever dude. It is what it is.
It's getting cold!
It is getting cold in here!
Oh yes!!!
Bard and I are about to go down to the convention.
Bard fixed the ceiling.
And Mr. Sebastian said bringing a thrame-
Flame..thang..
(Bard noises)
Bard fixed the ceiling.
And Mr. Sebastian said bring a thrame- F***
Bard and I are about to go down to the convention.
And he fixed the ceiling.
One more time?
That ceiling's heavy.
Yeah!
Yeah!
(Cinement noises)
She's a little unruly. She needs a haircut.
And maybe...training.
But, we found her!
I hurt my wrist.
Is this a funeral?
Oh no. This is not a funeral.
Lots of people dressed in black.
Negan...
Basically is going to do something bad here.
Is he gonna kill that dude?
Yeah.
Are you dead?
No.
Pity.
Broken glasses.
Alien! OoOoh.
Where is that damn Phantomhive?
I'm here!
Your Phantom of the Operaaaaa!
Phantom...hive.
Itty bitty protegeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Cool?
Okay.
Alright.
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Why Do Mennonites Have So Many Choirs? Anabaptist Perspectives Ep. 009 - Duration: 12:19.
Well, hello everybody! Welcome back to another episode of Anabaptist Perspectives!
I'm with Benjamin Good. We're at SMBI.
This is the choir room here at Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute.
You would have conducted the choir here for how many years?
Well, I'm here full time since 2012. It was part time before then.
So, a couple of years then definitely.
I remember standing about right there
under you teaching us.
That's where the bass often go.
A lot of good memories there.
You've had a lot of experience in a lot of different choirs.
Can you tell us first of all a little bit about
yourself and your experiences here at SMBI?
Well I grew up in a family
that sang together quite a lot, so I've been singing all my life.
Had my first experience in conducting here at SMBI.
I took the conducting class.
So, besides being involved in the choir here, I
also teach music classes, both music theory and music theology, and some Bible classes as well.
Something that our circles are really well known for. We have a lot of choirs, and they're on YouTube.
They're all over the place. We have tons of CD's.
It seems like every time you turn around, another church is starting a choir.
Obviously, we really stress a cappella music (music without instruments). That's historically been something that
the Mennonites have. To be blunt,
why do we have so many choirs? What is it about our culture that produces so many choirs?
Well, singing is fun. Singing is a lot of fun.
That's why you joined the choir probably.
It's just something that people want to do, and in fact
I think most of the choirs are formed just because of the demand for them.
People enjoy singing. People enjoy listening to choirs. People enjoy singing in choirs.
Supply-and-demand.
One time we were on tour (the SMBI choir),
we toured up into Canada. Crossing the Canadian border, one of the officials asked one of the students,
"What are you doing on this tour?"
"It's a singing tour."
The official asked that student, "How much do they pay you to be a part of this tour?"
And the student said, "No, I pay to be a part of the tour." The official said, "Strange."
We love to sing. People want to sing.
How is it that that is so embedded into our culture then of doing church choirs and a youth group choir?
We have so many of them. Obviously in our congregations, singing
together (a cappella), how did that become such a part of our culture?
Singing has always been important to the christian church. The first century of christians after
Jesus sang a lot. They believed in the power of
congregational singing. We find that both in the Bible and in extra-biblical sources as well.
Singing is worship, but it's more than that. There's a lot entailed in that. Singing is teaching the truth.
Singing is a way of evangelizing and witness.
Singing is a way to join people together.
So, there's a lot of power in music, specifically in singing.
There's a lot of power that we as a church understand,
and we want to tap into that.
So, you've kind of described a little bit about what attracts us to choirs.
What is it
theologically that choirs and a cappella music
does for a group? I guess I'm trying to get a little bit deeper.
What is it about our belief of the Bible that
brings out this in us?
God asks us to sing. If singing were something that would be difficult to do,
that would be one thing.
But God asks us to sing, and we want to praise Him through singing. So that flows out of our hearts and our lives
in both congregational singing (in worship scenarios), and also in performance. We want to sing to glorify our God.
I know other groups have an emphasis on choirs and singing,
but I'm gonna guess not nearly as much as the Mennonites. For how small of a group
we are, how much music we produce is very disproportionate.
Why haven't other church groups picked this up?
I believe it's because
we focus on a cappella singing,
where many Christian groups are okay with instruments even in their worship services.
The Mennonites, the anabaptists in general, would
prefer, we would actually strongly uphold
a cappella singing in our worship. Because of that,
people sing. They learn to sing in parts from little up. So choirs are a natural extension of that.
Youth choirs are a big thing.
It's a way of involving the young people in something healthy and having them
get around and see other youth groups and to see what God is doing in other churches
by doing a choir tour.
It's so baked into the culture from little up then.
Oh yes. Oh definitely.
Talk a little bit about the history of Mennonite choirs. Is this a new thing?
It seems like there's more than there ever were. Is this something that's been around for a long time?
Good question! Choirs have not always been in our churches.
So back a little bit to the first century:
singing was a big part of the early church.
When the church became a state entity,
choirs were the ones who
produced all the music in the church. You would go as a lay person and just sit in the pew and not make a sound.
For hundreds of years, that was the case. Then when the Reformation came along,
many of the reformers (including some of the leading anabaptists)
said, "We want to get the congregation back involved again in the music," (in the singing, I should say).
So they pushed it hard that this should be a congregational activity and
strong participation. They may have
reacted just a bit to the lack of congregational singing pre-reformation.
It went for a number of years. In fact, we have very little or no record of choirs in the anabaptist circles
until the 20th century or more (maybe soon before).
At that point, you have choirs beginning to flourish
(actually, late twentieth-century). Prior to that,
for many years in the conservative Mennonite and Amish circles, you had youth singings.
It was very common on a Sunday evening to have a youth singing. Then what's the difference between a singing and a choir?
Well, choirs are built around the idea that you're rehearsing a set of songs to
perform to an audience at one point.
So, choirs formed out of the singing at some point.
So, really this is a pretty new development isn't it?
Yes.
I believe that we have a better mix,
maybe the best mix, the church (the christian church) has ever had in keeping strong
congregational singing, as well as having choirs that
supplement that occasionally
and do some touring.
Well, because that's the flip side. The choirs,
at least from my experience, in Mennonite circles have not in any way taken the place of
congregational singing.
Right. We're concerned about that. We want that to stay that way.
That was a question I had I was gonna
ask is, has that been a case where choirs are?
No, it doesn't seem to be that way.
Even those of us who are involved deeply in choirs, should care very much about
your typical local worship services that happen
with congregational singing as a major part of that.
We don't want that ever to go away.
There's value in both.
Oh yes.
What is the single biggest positive outcome
you've seen from the anabaptist tradition
or culture as it were of a cappella music?
It's the strong congregational participation.
So when you have pre-reformation,
the leaders leading worship, the choir singing, the lay people (the congregation) just observed worship.
Congregational involvement is so key to what we do.
It's what we believe.
A cappella singing depends on everyone knowing how to sing
and wanting to sing along and so, strong participation from the congregation.
The other thing that you have with a cappella singing that is
undermined a bit with instrumental music in worship is
the focus on the lyrics, focus on the truth of the lyrics. The Gospel message needs the clarity of
text, of the lyrics. So while we enjoy the beautiful music, and while the beautiful music draws our
hearts and minds toward God, the text
drives it home. That's where everything is focused.
So, worship then becomes something that's
more than something that we see performed. It's something everyone's a part of in our churches.
Definitely.
That's the other thing too. Not everyone can play instruments either.
Can you imagine a church service of that?
I think in the end, choirs strengthen
the congregational singing by teaching people how to sing. They teach congregations new songs.
They promote the joy of singing, of vocal music.
It's a great activity for young people to do.
On tour they can go see other places
where God is working. His church is flourishing. So choirs are a good thing that
strengthens the church, and that in the end strengthens congregational music.
So you would definitely recommend that people go out and join a choir?
Oh, yes.
That's pretty cool! How many choirs have you sung in then?
That's a tough question. Quite a few.
Very good.
Thank you, Benjamin, for being on this episode and sharing your thoughts. That's some good stuff to think about.
For the audience out there, go out there and look up some of the choir music from our different choirs.
Oasis, SMBI and different of the Bible schools that have them. It's worth doing. It really is worth doing.
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