Deeper Conversation #3

Boy howdy - can you believe it’s only been 21 days of this new administration so far? This is so brutal. But as DC commented last week, it’s “not so much a marathon as a collective relay race. Everybody takes a turn, then steps off to rest while others run for a while, and then rejoins the fight when they're rested and ready to do more.”

Part of this is, of course, remembering our spiritual practices and spiritual connections. I didn’t realize when I suggested this occasional Monday conversation thing how much my spirit was going to need the time to connect with others about how worship feeds our spirits - I’m buoyed by your thoughts and it reminds me how important these things are to me too. I don’t just read and forget - off and on since post #2, I have been thinking about something Lynette said:

“Songs are spells.”

Now I’ve long said that we sing our theology - what we sing about, the words we use, the ways we sing together, matters. But now I’ve been thinking about that idea that songs are spells - with the understanding that spells are ceremonial acts that focus energy to achieve a goal, often with proscribed words/actions. In other words, they’re prayers or meditations or rituals - depending on the language and practice of your faith tradition.

So if we accept the general definition of ‘spell’ to expand into non-witchy traditions… what does it mean to you that a song is a spell? And, as Lynette asked, What spells are we casting when we sing together?

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! Let the conversation commence!