This is so interesting and compelling. Thank you. What came immediately to my mind was the symbolic element of the Levitical musical practice established under David's reign. Cultivating musical practice in the priestly families symbolically unifies both concerns: keepers of time + keepers of the Word of God. Music's extraordinary ability to aid our memories and absorption of text, while also delighting our hearts and giving us a practice whereby communally we participate in both ordered linear time and cosmic time seems not incidental to Scripture's description of priestly work. Thank you again for your wonderful reflections!
This is so interesting and compelling. Thank you. What came immediately to my mind was the symbolic element of the Levitical musical practice established under David's reign. Cultivating musical practice in the priestly families symbolically unifies both concerns: keepers of time + keepers of the Word of God. Music's extraordinary ability to aid our memories and absorption of text, while also delighting our hearts and giving us a practice whereby communally we participate in both ordered linear time and cosmic time seems not incidental to Scripture's description of priestly work. Thank you again for your wonderful reflections!