tag:godsong.blog.co.uk,2009-11-08:/MokoFeed2009-11-08T16:29:36+01:00tag:godsong.blog.co.uk,2006-02-28:/2006/02/26/too_much_of_a_good_sing~595640/#c757113Godsong2006-02-28T21:48:49+01:002006-02-28T21:48:49+01:00First, thanks for your comment. You're my first!<br> <br> You clearly get my drift, so to answer your point about fear of silence, I'd say that ultimately I am arguing that worship <i>should</i> be (more) frightening, because God is awesome as well as loving. Or as C.S. Lewis said of Aslan: 'He's not a <i>tame</i> lion.' If we are afraid of (our own) silence, perhaps we should experience that fear a bit more often, and let it teach us something. 'The fear of the Lord...' etc.<br> <br> This is all a bit solemn and downbeat for the average Sunday service, I know. I'm planning another post on silence itself - starting in small ways. And music can frame silence beautifully, making it safer or more approachable. But it should never obscure it altogether.<br> <br> Cheers!tag:godsong.blog.co.uk,2006-02-28:/2006/02/26/too_much_of_a_good_sing~595640/#c755454ferijen2006-02-28T16:30:01+01:002006-02-28T16:30:01+01:00But, but, where would a good Anglican service be without the low chatting before the service starts because 'well, of course you can't hear me, the organ's talking isn't it'?<br> <br> More seriously, I think you've got a good point. But don't you find that people in collective worship - and on their own - are afraid of silence?