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I Pray in Song
by Mary Lou Peck
Old Chatham Meeting
Recommendations:
“Farther along”
by WB Stevens & R Baxter
“Teach Me to Stop and Listen”
by Ken Medema
Yes, I pray in song, I worship in song. The words of the old Hymns are frequently in my head, and I can’t remember poetry, but if it has a tune I can remember it and the words I can say while the melody is in my head. Those of us who are a little dyslexic or have Right brain dominance can think in music, and words become easier to use. I miss music in Quaker meetings. But I sing in my head during meeting, as my voice is gone