Re: Lunch Today and Impromptu Singing
Did my solitary 'sing along' at the end of a long evening on my laptop just last week. Used a church hymnal and two volumes of Then Sings My Song with bios of hymnist opposite the hymns page. When the spirit occasions these sessions, I usually say to myself, I'm going to sing one or two and go to bed. But I don't stop there. Would you believe four or five? With some of you having similar experiences would you believe the Spirit is at work amongst us?
Am attending a House Church worship service every other Sunday this summer. And will raise the question of singing on my next visit and still view an online livestream service from Alaska each week.
Just as an aside and related to Journey to the East--I believe our community lost it's way when we changed Discontinuity night from Monday to Wednesday in the early 80's and stopped singing and doing Daily Office. That was a time of loss and a bit of our drifting away from our spiritual tools and discipline for me. Still I believe, in retrospect, we were destined to 'find ourselves as a 'beloved community' in a most quiet and miraculous way. TBTG!
In Joy, Peace and Hope,
Dawn
-We love the Source because the Source loved us first.
- 1 John 4:19
On Friday, June 30, 2017 8:34 AM, Nancy Lanphear via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
WARNING! May start singing for no reason! I would love a bumper sticker with thse words. I sing most of the day! I'll send my story after shopping for our 5 community meals next week! I do have stories to tell!
One quick one - Patricia Newkirk and I compiled a new section for our older Songaia songbook.. Of course the old one had New Community Bound, Rainbow Trails, an a few others from our order days,. The new section now has BELIEVE! My neighbor Marilyn said, "why have you bee hiding this one for so long?" With my memory blips, I may have already told this story, sorry!
Later then,
Nancy