http://www.mattandnancy.org/matts-external-brain/professionalism/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.mattandnancy.org/matts-external-brain/professionalism/#comment-2665 Dustin Schuur Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:34:29 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/matts-external-brain/professionalism/#comment-2665 Hmmm, sounds like a lot of stuff I do in my life, be it spanish, guitar, or memorizing scriptures. I'm not saying I believe in professional scripture memorizers or anything (we should ALL be that). I guess the thing I'm wondering is, can I effectively pursue several things in my life right now and still be excellent in all of them? I do want to be good at spanish, I do want to be learning more guitar, and I do want to study the Word more in depth. Maybe I'm not industrious enough; maybe I have the wrong priorities...who knows? (God) I also know that the Devil is very interested in keeping me distracted and frustrated. What to do? If this made sense, give me some advice, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for posting Matt. Hmmm, sounds like a lot of stuff I do in my life, be it spanish, guitar, or memorizing scriptures. I’m not saying I believe in professional scripture memorizers or anything (we should ALL be that). I guess the thing I’m wondering is, can I effectively pursue several things in my life right now and still be excellent in all of them? I do want to be good at spanish, I do want to be learning more guitar, and I do want to study the Word more in depth. Maybe I’m not industrious enough; maybe I have the wrong priorities…who knows? (God) I also know that the Devil is very interested in keeping me distracted and frustrated. What to do? If this made sense, give me some advice, I’d appreciate it. Thanks for posting Matt.

]]> http://www.mattandnancy.org/matts-external-brain/professionalism/#comment-2664 Pat Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:41:34 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/matts-external-brain/professionalism/#comment-2664 I agree with where he's going, but (you knew that was coming)... after reading it I thought, no, the difference is the amount of time spent: an amateur will dabble while a professional will spend hours practicing, because that's what they do. But then I realized that's not entirely true either: technically, the difference between an amateur and a professional is that the professional gets paid. And that is why there are a lot of amateurs in church music. They are professional salespeople, web designers, engineers, etc. So it might be unfair to expect them to be professional musicians as well. Fortunately Stonebrook is very blessed to have many professional- or nearly professional-caliber musicians. I agree with where he’s going, but (you knew that was coming)… after reading it I thought, no, the difference is the amount of time spent: an amateur will dabble while a professional will spend hours practicing, because that’s what they do.
But then I realized that’s not entirely true either: technically, the difference between an amateur and a professional is that the professional gets paid. And that is why there are a lot of amateurs in church music. They are professional salespeople, web designers, engineers, etc. So it might be unfair to expect them to be professional musicians as well. Fortunately Stonebrook is very blessed to have many professional- or nearly professional-caliber musicians.

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