Finding the right rhythm
On Sunday 21 st January a lovely lady and her young 12 year old son walked into our church. We didn’t know them, they didn’t know us and little did they know that by the end of the service they had provided me with a title for this blog post. Engaged by the ‘live’ music practise prior to the service, our young visitor became inquisitive. He had an interest in music and particularly drumming. Finding a semi-redundant djembe drum in the vestry (as you do) our young visitor began to tap out a beat. As his confidence grew the rhythm of the drum resonated, dynamics were introduced and before we knew it our ‘live’ worship band had grown from two to three. (Ok, so ‘live worship band’ might be a bit far-fetched, but I have been praying for musicians to join our church and my glass is half full!) I was amazed at how quickly our young friend had found the right rhythm – a perfect title for a blog! I knew what this blog would look like – a few ideas forming in my mi...