October - 2021

Musical Musings

Conversation Corners in the Cafe

Christian classical musicians hold a unique, small slice in the pie graph of this world. Breathing with both halves of our brain, we’re in a labyrinth of technique, mathematics, acoustics, emotions, our hearts and souls, as well as a million other circuits.

These musings are springboards in seeking the Lord’s ways to navigate the maze.

Café Jubalatte will be offering different conversations, adding new musings regularly.

We welcome your thoughts!

“Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders." Psalm 119:27

Jonathan Keener

Thought's from a Musician's Heart

THE INSIDE OUT OF MUSIC As a Christian musician, I often have pondered why God gave us music. Is it to praise Him? Of course. But is it anything more than that? In recent years I’ve come to understand why music is so important to me: for me it often functions as an emotional guide through life’s ups and downs. In the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out we see personifications of various emotions inside the head of an 11-year-old girl named Riley: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust