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Shuffling Along

Published in March 3rd, 2010

Posted by Pastor in St. Stephen Lutheran Church

I’ve been having a terrible time sleeping. You know, the basic stuff: awake in the middle of the night with the old confusion – forgetting that I’m not the Creator; I’m only the creature; and so I can’t “fix things”; I can only do the work God gives me to do; and so why am I lying awake, worrying about what needs to be “fixed?”

And, my cold is lingering on. Two days ago, I thought it was about gone, but I’m still going through multiple boxes of nose tissue.

So, I woke up later than I wanted to this morning, feeling drugged (the effects off the Tylenol PM I took at 3:30 AM). But I did find some joy in the selections “chosen” by my iPod. (I love the “shuffle” feature on my iPod!) This morning I went from Gregorian Chant by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos…

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…to “Night in my Veins,” one of the raunchiest songs ever done by The Pretenders (which is saying something!) …

Pretenders

…to Murray Perahia playing one of Bach’s Goldberg Variations …

Bach

… to Sarah Vaughn singing, “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream.”

Sarah Vaughan

… and on from there: Beatles, Allman Brothers, Joshua Redman …

Huge fun!

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