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Jan 18, 2015
"Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought." --E.Y. Harburg
Music Is Something You DO
Let me tell about an experience with Gregorian chant. It's just a few notes and we were doing it in English so we would understand the words. The group as a whole would try to find that moment when the silence ended and then come in together. After doing that for several days, at one point, the words really came in. I heard the words of this psalm in a way I've never heard before. If you read the early fathers of the church, the purpose of the music is to bring the word in, into the heart.
BE THE CHANGE
Each day do some singing. Better yet, do some singing with others.
