thoughts on the news of the day: spontaneity

hmmm…..              

                Random acts of culture are overtaking our world.  Seems like everywhere you turn these days, another video is out on that features choristers belting out Handel’s Messiah at large department stores and food courts in shopping malls.  I think aside from the power and majesty of the composition, the appeal of these events is their spontaneity.  Interestingly, my thesaurus lists “artlessness’ as a synonym for spontaneity, but these videos are anything but lacking in artistic value.

                Tonight our church is having its annual Christmas Dinner and Party.  We will eat together and then have a program.  Our plan is to have a Christmas pageant with folks volunteering to participate having no previous knowledge of the event.  The narrator will have a script, but those attending will be asked to play the parts of the shepherds, angels and wise men.  It’s not like we all don’t already know the story!  There will be appropriate Christmas Carols interspersed among the scenes of the play and everyone will be invited to join in on them.  The key to the success of this program will be the willingness of our group to spontaneously respond. 

                In our planned a packaged world today, there is not much room for spontaneity.  We want to know in advance what is going to happen and what will be expected of us.  But much of life is spontaneously responding to events over which we have no control. 

                In the Spirit of the Christmas Season, I invite you today to be spontaneous.  You may find a new joy that has been lacking in your life.  I bet you will feel a new sense of wonder and awe.  Try it, you may like it!!

                hmmm…..