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Why I Keep Returning to the Music of Beethoven
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Why I Keep Returning to the Music of Beethoven

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by on Jun 21, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Music
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In the great treasury of music, I keep finding myself coming back again and again to Beethoven. You may think it’s because he was one of the greatest composers who ever lived despite his deafness. That is true, everybody loves great music and everybody loves an over-comer. But there’s something more that keeps drawing me […]

A Study of Transcending Disability
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A Study of Transcending Disability

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by on May 09, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, History, Music, MyChurchParish.com
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I keep a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven on the fireplace mantle in my home. It reminds me of the human capacity to overcome adversity to achieve great things. When I doubt myself in my own acquired disability of multiple sclerosis, I listen to Beethoven — particularly his 9th symphony — written in total deafness, […]