Music as Theological Praxis
Dimensions of Contemporary Music as a Means of Mediation of Faith
I have recently finished my doctorate in Fundamental Theology, on the theme of music as a means of mediating faith and as theological praxis. It seemed only fair to 'say' the same with music. So this song was born. We often live somehow 'trapped' in our minds, whereas God meets (and interupts our lives) in a way our minds can't conceive or understand: our lived experiences of longing, and joy and suffering.
Our God is a human God: one who is closer to us than we can ever realise, and sometimes we don't perceive Him precisely because we are looking elsewhere... "somewhere, over the rainbow..." :-). And yet here Jesus is: within our reach, breathing our lives with us, feeling our pain and our hopes, sustaining us with the very life that runs through our veins.
Would that we could sense and move with his rhythm...
Maeve Heaney
Dancing in our Minds
Out of time, out of tune with the rhythm that
passes us by, as we hide in the thoughts of old times:
Dancing in our minds…
Out of place, in this space there’s no moving around
what you’ve found: it is now that you give or you take:
Dancing in our, dancing in our minds…
And the world is alive with moving grace
Hold my hand in your side, 'til
Touching You, feeling You,
Tasting You, breathing you
Knowing Your life is within my reach
Touching You, healing me
Tasting You, breathing me
Flowing... your life's running through my veins
And the Word became human,
and Eternity entered time
tasting the sound of your voice in mine…
Love interrupts and in hurts if you let yourself
Move with the truth as it cuts and opens your mind
Dancing through our lives
But to live is to grow in the newness you hold in your hands
will you stand for a future unknown?
Dancing through our... dancing through our lives!