Dear Friends and Musicians,
"I read about one theologian who tells his students that knowing God is not like knowing whether you're hungry. It's more like music. 'Like the knowledge of music,' he says, 'the knowledge of God is something that can never be fully attained. It's a knowledge which always leads to a kind of unknowing.'" From Pastor Phil's Birchwood Blog (original source, Michael DeLashmutt, Christian Century)
Joe Walker sent Pastor Phil's quote to me. I love the comparison of the knowledge of music to the knowledge of God. Just as one cannot fully explain or understand God, one cannot completely deconstruct music and its effect on the soul. Music is such a personal thing, as is our individual understanding of God. That might be one way to think of this "unknowing."
Stay safe and well,
Sharman on behalf of Matt
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