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Unity and Diversity in the Band

September 13, 2014 By Pete Bulanow

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Now if the kickdrum should say, “Because I am not a snare, I do not belong to the drum kit,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the drum kit. And if the BGVs should say, “Because I do not have the same spotlight as the worship leader, I do not belong to the band,” they would not for that reason stop being part of the band. If the whole band were a guitar, where would the sensibilities of the keyboards be? If the whole body were a bassist, where would the counterpoint be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the band, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one instrument, where would the band be? As it is, there are many parts, but one song.

The bassist cannot say to the keys, “I don’t need you!” And the keys cannot say to the guitarist, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the band that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor (we call them the rhythm section). And all the MIDI cables and guitar pedals that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our worship leader needs no special treatment. But God has put the band together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it (looking at you house engineer), so that there should be no division in the band and tech, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

~ Not 1 Corinthians 12

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