Back from walking in the park.
Jamie, our worship leader today, drew attention to the phenomenon of cicadas singing praise to God.
A very natural, unforced thing.
A thing of huge energy and purity.
An occasional/seasonal thing.
What's better?
Spontaneous, wild, out-of-control self expression?
Or disciplined, structured, routinised behaviour submitting to the collective?
Is there space for both within a service of worship/reverence?
I like to think there is.
Part of me wants to pogo/explode with the reckless abandon of the punks.
And part of me wants to walk down sun-dappled cloisters in sackcloth, chanting in Latin.
A balance between reverence/mindfulness and joy/exuberance.
Is there a continuum, or only these two states?
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Gerald.....I hope there's a happy medium...I hate ultimatums....
ReplyDeleteBe thinking of you tomorrow Gerald. Has Alexander got a license for that mallet? I thought you were into 'building up' not 'tearing down'!!
ReplyDeleteThink I like the spontaneous better myself. Just wish I wasn't so self-consciousness. Roll on heaven, I say - freedom from self, or is it wholly self? I'm looking forward to being able to really scream.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you today. Praying for relief from all that pain :)
ultimatums...hmmm...i agree...
ReplyDeleteone must tear down in order to create...
scream, a la Edvard Munch (ever felt like that poor woman? ever tried a primal scream?)