The Neuroscience community in recent years has helped to explain how our human brains engage with both music and “the concept” of God. Their findings confirm the long-lasting effect of belief that soothes, comforts, enlivens and affects the health of the brain as it “changes” or emotionally heals accordingly.
This, I would suggest, can be linked to what the Paul tells us the deeper reasons for singing those hymns, songs and spiritual songs in Ephesians 5:19-20 and again in Colossians 3: 16-17, which is to experience thanksgiving and praise “in the heart.” The heart is connected to the mind, the mind with the body and in turn, our souls are able to experience something different, something unique as we present our broken, weary and discouraged selves in solidarity unto God in our weekly, corporate encounters with the living God. We must not cast aside this invitation to worship as the body of Christ, representing the Church universal in our calling to God’s ongoing redemptive work in the world.
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