I called God "stinky."
Posts about spirituality and music. Or music and spirituality. Whatever comes first.
This may sound like I have constructed an insufferable Hipster Jesus who was into Passover before it was cool. And yeah, maybe a little bit, but I think there’s something more to it. I’m suggesting that maybe Jesus didn’t want to be famous for simply being famous.
In those moments when she was sitting at his feet, not helping her sister Martha in the kitchen like she should have, Mary has seen Jesus and all of his story fully and completely. And she is in awe.
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this, ‘The Master needs it and will send it back here immediately.’”
This post, which is way too long, talks about the practice of Lectio Divina as described by the Trappist monk, Fr. Thomas Keating and how it can be used to engage with music as a vehicle to interacting with the divine presence.