dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (05/08/85)
Here's a recommendation for a record for your kids (8 - 12 yrs., I believe). The Bill Gaither Trio has a new kid's album out called, simply enough, "Life". It has a lot of kids singing on it - they form a group called, get this, "Primary Data." It's a great album, I love it. If you're looking for Christian children's music, you should get this. Computer types will like it - there's a song called "Input/Ouput", on the idea that what goes in your head will influence you, so make sure you choose wisely what you let in, i.e., not "let me copy your answers", etc. I'll also relate the following anecdote. There's a song on the album called "I'm somebody", the message of which is that you're not a jerk just 'cause you tried out for the basketball team (this is the concrete example used in the lead-in, the person that tried out is a girl, by the way), and didn't make it and you feel lousy. I.e., the message is that you're not worthless because of a shortcoming, or a mistake, you're still made in the image of God and so you're still somebody. Anyway, my daughter was playing with a ball in the house and she tossed it in the living room (not allowed; things tend to break), and was told (by me) not to do that and (by my wife) that she knows better. Well, my daughter is one of these types that does something wrong about every two months or so (really!), so she's kind of sensitive about such things, and went into a quick tailspin. No need to, but did. It so happened that we had the album on and "I'm somebody" had just finished playing - so needless to say, this was a marvelous opportunity to start a little hug action and tell her "you're still somebody, you know" and so forth. Being a normal responsive type human, she realized what we were saying and cheered back up, reassured. Praise the Lord. -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | "The presence of weeds in the garden is not explained by | saying that the gardener has not pulled them yet."