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Sunday Firesides: Through Disappointment to the Stars

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Kate McKay
Dec 28, 2024
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When the video game Rock Band became popular, kids flocked to music lessons, inspired to learn how to really play the songs they’d been jamming out to with instrument-like controllers.

But, they quit as quickly as they’d started, disappointed to find that mastering an actual instrument was a lot harder than smashing buttons on a plastic toy.

As C.S. Lewis…

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