Breaking the Box

You know it’s spring when your lowered car window allows you to enjoy music from  cars in the next lane. This week, while driving through the city, I heard what sounded like Rap music drifting from the vehicle. What was the driver’s ethnicity? Right. An Asian man. How old was the driver? Right. About thirty years old. What kind of car did he drive? Right. A Lexus. Maybe you missed most of those answers. I usually picture middle-aged people owning luxury cars. We can easily stick people in boxes if we  guess who they are or assume we know their preferences based on our predispositions. See if this surprises you:   

                                     https://youtu.be/ZvNwCRujeFc

 It surprised and entertained me. If we assume a Catholic person is going to behave in a particular way, then we’re limiting our thoughts, and maybe our treatment, of them. Have you ever been prejudged? Try to fill in this sentence: Just because I _________, doesn’t mean I _______________. Have you ever prejudged someone else? What mischaracterization have you made, but will avoid in the future?     

They Did What!?

Have you seen this video before? If so, I doubt that you can watch it again without smiling.  Never seen it? You’re in for a real treat.  Take a look!

If you’re like me, you’re thinking, “What in the world?!”  The choir looks hypnotized, and how does the choir director keep from laughing?  Certainly, you’ll never hear ‘Hammer Time’ the same way again!   Can you picture your grandma or grandpa singing with this group?

A social networking buddy posted this video on a wall awhile ago, but over the past few weeks I've been wondering why these choir members would create this kind of video. Well, I fished around and learned some things.

Here’s the scoop:

The choir made this video to give an attention-grabbing introduction to a Student Fall Weekend Retreat.  It also became a good lesson on media choices and helped bridge the generational gap between the choir members and the students. Now the video makes so much more sense.  Still, I can’t imagine any seniors that I know willing to go viral with this type of performance.  Kudo’s to the choir for reaching the younger generation.  We could use more “gap-bridging” in this world. 

By the way , the video says the choir will perform at weddings, banquets and other events.  That's probably a joke, but if not, would you book them?  I wouldn't mind seeing more of them.  How about you?