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Dear friends in Christ, We're right in the middle of our new year's series on the book of Colossians called "Centered." For those of you who wish to read ahead, we will be focusing this weekend on Colossians 3:1-11. We're making the move from the Christology of the early church to the Ethics of the early church. Paul often begins with theology (understanding who God is) and then gets into practice. Theology without practice is like faith without works. It's interesting how often in our preaching, there are unexpected contextual illustrations that pop up that help us better understand the point. You may recall in our introductory message on Colossians, I likened Jesus to being the middle C of our lives. I mentioned that most pianos have 88 keys, and the middle C is considered the starting point. I learned that day that our Bosendorfer piano actually has 97 keys. Jeff Byers did a little research for us and shared some information that I found interesting and instructional. The iconic pianist/composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) loved Bosendorfer pianos and said that only the Bosendorfer and Bechstein pianos could withstand his violent, powerful playing. However, he had nothing to do with expanding the keyboard beyond 88 keys. Credit for that goes to Ferruci Busoni, Italian pianist/composer (18661924), who met and was inspired by Liszt. Busoni transcribed several Bach organ pieces for the piano and was frustrated because he wanted the range of the piano to go down to the C below the usual A (known as C-O; middle C is C-4). So he requested a custom piano from