One of the things that happens all too often, yet never ceases to amaze and beguile me, is that way that two services of worship, prepared completely independently, on seemingly unrelated themes, have overlaps and connections beyond the trivial.  Worshipping with people who have a substantial repertoire of hymns and songs, very often there will be one item that occurs both morning and evening.  With themes that sound utterly unrelated, the same Bible passages will be selected.  With diverse theological understandings, the same thought processes and ideas emerge.  How can it be so?

It has to a mystery, a mysterion, a movement of God-in-us that stirs up a whisper, a hint, of something that fits this context, this group of hearers, at this time.  And it is somehow something mighty, something bigger and deeper and wider and, and... um, more than just co-incidence (occurrence close in time)... I am forced to conclude that somehow or other, this is God at work.

I know I've blogged thoughts on this before but it never ceases to intrigue me that it happens and happens again and happens again, again.

Mighty and mysterious

In the highest height

God from everlasting

Very light from light:

One with God the Father

And the Spirit blessed

Love, in love etenral,

Rest in perfect rest.

(We did not sing this yesterday... but it'd be curious if someone reading did!)