Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Sunday Question

Today Pastor Stan from the Bluevine Collective posed a great question: How do you experience connection with God?

I started to make a list, and when I did, I realized how contrapositive it is! It reminded me of how God can be all things, can seem very contradictory. ("I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.")

But my ways of connecting with God also seem much like the verse in Revelation.

In community or in solitude.

With a soundtrack or without.

In a moment's realization or a daylong musing.

Verbal. Written. In motion.

I feel like I could write a blog post on each pair of concepts. But one aspect to highlight: Pastor Stan writes a lot about music's influence on his spiritual growth, specifically with U2's music. And blogger/commenter Aaron Reddin commented that he connects with Pearl Jam.

I can't name a particular artist, but I have been draw to music that deeply resonates with sorrows or deep spiritual questioning. That's when I feel connected to God.







2 comments:

Aaron Reddin said...

I might also note that I have NEVER had a "quiet time".....

....my time with God is anything but quiet. It's actualy noisy, and very messy.

Glad to have found your blog!

D. L. Webster said...

Hello Meg. This reminds me of some things I've heard about how there are various ways people connect with God. I wrote a little about it recently:

http://gzmproductions.com/dlwebster/index.php?page=post&post=2299

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