Ch-ch-ch-changes

The more things change, the more they stay the same. ---Proverb

I got me one of those new fangled music machines. What do you call them--Mp3 players? It is a cheap one (go figure) but it still holds hundreds of songs from my collection. So now I can carry fifty or more Cds worth of music with me wherever I go.

That's a far cry from the format of the first music I ever purchased. 45 records. No not the number 45. RPMs--revolutions per minute. That's how fast the vinyl record spun. On the turntable. On my stereo. Ancient history. (But a vast improvement over 78s!)

Then I really got on board with new technology--bought me an eight track player. But before I could amass a collection of eight-track tapes, the world changed to cassettes. So my first ever stereo had a cassette deck in it. That lasted awhile until the cd craze hit. I joined BMG several times to build , or should I say, rebuild my collection. My car still has a cassette player though--It's out of date as well! Now there's MP3s--but I'm catching up.

Only now I hear that real audiophiles are migrating back to vinyl. Glad I kept my albums and turntable--and those narrow ties as well--they're bound to come back in style, don't you think?

Church things change a lot too. Music styles change, hymnbooks change, the seating changes, the architecture changes, the pastor changes, the translation of the Lord's Prayer changes. Some changes are good and proper--some are faddy and fade away. But one things certain:

Jesus is the same--yesterday, today, and tomorrow. You can count on that. But I'd get rid of that hair shirt if I were you!

O God of all the ages, you are from forever, you will be forever. Bring us all into your eternity, and hold us together timelessly. In Jesus' name, amen.