Monday, April 5th, 2010
Why did God create music?
Pretty much all of us recognize the gift that music is for entertaining and stirring or calming emotions.
Last week, on World Autism Awareness day, I was struck once and again by the power of music to reach inside some people who otherwise seem shut off from “normal” interactions.
Yesterday during service we sang the Resurrection Chant, which Talitha and I love.
One of our young friends was there too with his family. I’m guessing that people in the pews around him thought he wasn’t getting anything from the service, but just listen to what he took away.
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I was just thinking about that question this morning. What great gifts we have been given in color and music and art…all things that are unnecessary for life, but add beauty to our days….
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