I've always wanted to be the sort of man who practices what he preaches. As a teacher, it's easy to get caught up in lofty talk about the world, and then go home and do nothing but veg out in front of netflix. Of course, it's tempting to say that the teaching itself is the "good" that the teacher gives, but deep down most of us who teach and preach know that we need to fully live our ideas if we're to articulate them convincingly. There's nothing more castrating to an argument than to find out that the arguer actually lives in a way diametrically opposed to his argument. Take, for example, John Edwards and Newt Gingrich, the two hundred dollar haircut and the man who cheated on his wife while she was dying of cancer. Their acts sorta undercut their arguments about poverty and family values, right?
Who is a teacher in his talk about changing the world when he's just filling the world up with more talk about changing the world?
So, one day, in my classroom, while watching a student presentation on Doc Hendley and Wine to Water, I heard a student say this of Doc:
"He looks like you, Mr. Armstrong."
Mirror moment right there. Here's a thirtysomething white guy with a shaved head who used to play around in the North Carolina music scene, but found himself looking for something MORE. He used to spend a lot of his time in bars, but he wanted MORE, something more fulfilling.
And he found it. He went after it. And by doing so showed the path to others.
So come out and join us on this path. Come have a good time with Brother Esau on April 30th, and by doing so lend a hand to those less fortunate.
Here's a look at our band:
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