Speak more for yourself, and you will find you
actually speak more for those you lead and
hope to engage, too. Let the Divine, prayerful
mess out, and see people connect with depth
in ways you’ve never seen before.
When you pray, answers don’t always come
easily, or soon, or even at all - at least in any
way you can make sense of. But we know that
doesn’t make the questions any less important.
We still know to value them and to let them
echo from our hearts into the atmosphere. And
this is the sort of realization that can really open
up your songwriting. Beyond themes and lyrics,
it can even force you to reach for new chords
and melodies as you seek to express these
ideas cohesively.
It’s worth reminding ourselves (and those who
hear our music) of what we learn from Jesus:
That not all questions need answers. Or that the
process of questioning can be more important
than simply having an answer, because
there is healing in speaking the questions
themselves. And that there’s a path this Divine,
prayerful mess takes us on - opening us up to
experience what is right in front of us, so we’re
not detached and focus
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June 2020