In my welcome post I used the phrase broken and inadequate to describe my musings. I actually stole borrowed these words from a quote inside the CD cover of A Collision, the most recent recording of the David Crowder Band. I thought that whoever wrote these things (most likely Crowder) stated quite well what is like to try to bring expression and creative response to God's eternal mysteries.
"...for the past two years we have ended most nights in concert with the following statement: 'when our depravity meets His divinity it is a beautiful collision.' This recording is about that collision. It is the collision of our fallen state and our Maker's transcendence. It is a rendering of our mortality and eternal life. It is about the tension that exists in the living of life, here, where the sky meets the broken earth. It is about a tsunami in East Asia. It is about a sunrise over Hiroshima. It is about too many who know intensely what pain the word "cancer" holds and the words of my friend whispered in my ear, "It's okay. None of us are getting out of here alive you know." It is about victory. It is about the joy that comes when blood tests return and a miracle is announced. It is the hope in a rescue that has come, the hope in a rescue that has found us, and the relentless hope in a greater rescue that is still coming - one that has not yet arrived but is no less present. This music, broken, improper, and inadequate in it's response is rooted in that hope. The Kingdom of Heaven is here and now and coming." (emphasis mine)
In this season of my life I've been mulling over this paradigm - what it means to live in a kingdom that is both "already" and "not-yet." I must confess I visit this theme in my thoughts many times each day. These aspects of Christian truth seem to be taking me quite a while to process and wrap my mind around. (Patience please, friends... I'll probably be fleshing out my questions sometimes as I write here in this blog.) But this recording has gently ministered to me along these lines. The musical styles are varied and a bit obscure, but the themes touch a deep place in my heart. I think it is a beautiful work and say kudos and thank you to the David Crowder Band.
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