Sunday, January 13, 2013

Singin's prayin'

"Singin's prayin' and prayin' singing.  There ain't no difference."  -Flora Mae DeMent

Duke Ellington at dinner, Paul Simon on a Friday afternoon, Peter and the Wolf on a weekday morning, Johnny Cash walking us through the Holy Land in our own dining room- these are the result of Jack's new turn table.

If singing is praying and praying, singing, we've been doing a lot of that around here lately.  When I was a kid, I remember sitting on the floor in front of my record player just listening and listening, turning that big black disc over, and listening again.  Thankfully (and kind of miraculously), my mom kept all our records and the sounds of Agapeland and Germs the Invisible Dog have been wafting through the air of my home once again.

Amen!






4 comments:

lifeinthevillage said...

Can I just say it? I LOOOOOOOOVE two year olds. They are so dang cute and completely profound at the same time. Wow.

And the record player is pretty cool too. ;)

Amber said...

Love that little guy!

I'm glad you are enjoying the new record playing and some old tunes. There is so serious joy that comes from that!

Bebe said...

Speed reader-benefit

Sarah Rapach said...

LOVE! You all are so special. There are few things better than passing down special experiences to our children.