Jazz Mass
Syncopated praise
Offbeat words and rhythm
Liturgy and litany
We have our ways to get
Involved
Invocated presence in
Bright colors through the
Music that we see and
Feel as well as hear
All are especially welcome
Here, for come-as-you-are
Takes new meaning
That which is not day-by-
Day is especially
Welcome now and here
It’s all right, though, the
Day-by-day folk are
Welcome, too
Everything is solid, yes
Though with haze
Around the edges
A cloud of unknowing
Truths because all of
Us might not know
What note might be
Arriving next
What might be played
What might be heard
What might be
Received from God
Snapping fingers,
Tapping toes, humming
As if the tone were
Sitting right with us
Because it is
And we might be
Changed for this time
Of many times—6/8,
4/4, 5/4, 7/8—however
It Gospel-goes
Out of the blue
Out of the blues
(a contemporary form of
Christian worship)
May 9, 2016 at 11:02 pm
Oh I LOVE this!!! I am finding your work so wonderfully uplifting, truly a celebration of our mightily loving God. May He bless you abundantly this day!
May 12, 2016 at 3:14 am
I’m happy that you find the writing uplifting. God is good, and God is love. I pray God’s blessing upon you, through joyful times and sad, since (sigh) we have to live through both. Thank you!