An E-Note From the Pastor
August 19, 2008
Joyous Worship
Each Sunday we are blessed by wonderful gifts of worship. Prayer and Scripture, wonderful music, both congregational and choral, thoughtful silence and the Gospel proclaimed.
However, this prayer by Walter Bruggemann summarizes for me the special place that music has in our lives and in our worship here at St. Paul.
We will not keep silent
We are people who must sing you,
for the sake of our very lives.
You are a God who must be sung
by us, for the sake of your majesty
and honor. And so we thank you,
for lyrics that push us past our reasons,
for melodies that break open our givens,
for cadences that locate us
home, beyond all our
safe places,
for tones and tunes that open our lives beyond
control and our futures beyond despair.
We thank you for the long parade of mothers and fathers
who have sung you deep and true;
We thank you for the good company:
of artists, poets, musicians, cantors and instruments
that sing for us and with us, toward you.
We are witnesses to your mercy and splendor;
We will not keep silent...ever again. Amen.
Seeking for you blessings and peace,
Don
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