I prepared the Sunday service at the UU Church of Concord last Sunday on Sacred Sound.
winter sunset at Seapoint Beach, Kittery Point, ME
Here is an excerpt from my sermon:
Sound
Shimmers, soothes, shines
Sound
Sings, centers, celebrates
Sound
Endures
Sound
Connects, convenes
Challenges the status quo
Sound births, romances, marries, separates, and mourns
Sound relieves
Pain, fear, anxiety
Sound heals
Sound makes disconsonance consonant
Chaos clear
Separation united
Sound celebrates the color of diversity
Each note
Each articulation
Each crescendo and diminuendo
Sound entrains
Every cell to its signature tune
Every chord to the harmony of its highest vibration
Every soul to the celestial symphony
Sound makes space
Between atoms
Between cells
Between muscles, organs and bones
Between our endless streaming thoughts
Between our consuming emotions
Our constrictions, restrictions and rules
Sound makes space
For stillness
For now
And the new
We breathe –
The body expands
Releases
We inhale space
We exhale sound
A whisper of air
A sigh
A sound
A song
Our heart opens
And we are once again
United
Aware
Body, heart and mind
The soul calls
We answer with a song.
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