What Music Do You Hear?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Do you hear what I hear? The angelic songs of peace!

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Looking at my past, I conclude: Life is good. Yeah!
Looking at today, I affirm: Life is good. Yeah!
Looking to the future, I declare: life is good. Yeah!

But none of that is news to you.
At the moment of creation, you shouted: Life is good. Yeah!

Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“If you could read my mind, what a tale my thoughts would tell.”

[He didn’t say it, but we keep trying to read His mind.]

D. Blog: A Parable – sort of

"Sing unto the Lord..."

For some people, the dominion of God is like Musak with a stuck sound track. It's normally just there in the background, but when something goes wrong, they begin to notice it.

For others, the God’s dominion is more like country and western songs, sentimental and twangy.

Still others associate it with classical music, aesthetically pleasing, but with little beat and often unemotional.

And some would identify it more with rock and roll, involving the senses, but with little attention paid to the words.

For myself? I like hootenannies and hymn-sings.



[Not all the sayings of Jesus we refer to as parables tell stories. They may be similes such as this, comparing something familiar with God's realm, which is normally less visible. The
"parable" of the mustard seed is a good example of such a saying.]