I am giving a presentation today at the hospital with another chaplain and the music therapist from the local hospice. I am supposed to have something written up. No luck thus far. I am utterly blocked. I am going to try to skip and romp through some things here. Maybe something will wake me up.
She was lying in her bed, barely cognizant of what was around her. She spent more time speaking with the visions in her mind. I had come to watch as Sue and Laura work their magic. A lot is riding on this introduction for me. I have been struggling to integrate music into my pastoral care and have been praying for a little insight. I asked Laura if I could just sit back and watch. Her response was to give me sheet music...Christmas carols. "You can sing along."
Laura played her harp.
Sue read scripture.
I sang along. That is all. It was that simple. That is what we did. But so much more than than happened, so much more became possible for us and for the woman lying in bed. We would meet several times over the following weeks. In the process we would meet angels.
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There you go. Unstuck. Thanks.
Posted by tripp at January 20, 2005 06:01 AMThat was cool, even if it was just WD-40. :)
Posted by: Wes at January 20, 2005 09:26 AM