Complusions
When is it okay to not have good acoustics? When you’re listening to Vespers at King’s College Choir, Cambridge.
When is it okay to not have fancy stage lights? When a single candle burns in a darkened sanctuary.
When is it okay to be silent? After the burial, walking to the car.
When is it okay to scream and yell at the top of your lungs? When you’re a fan.
When is it okay to cry? At the very end of Saving Private Ryan - definitely when Ebenezer Scrooge apologizes to his nephew’s wife.
When is it okay to be awake in the wee hours of the morning? Shuffling in for Vigil or Lauds, or rocking a sick child to sleep.
When is it okay to run? When you’re all alone in the silent sleeping winter woods at midday.
When is it okay to stare? When you’re alone in the dark looking into the fire, or when she’s your wife.
When is it okay to sink? After Jesus has called you out of the boat.
When is it okay to die? Anytime. Anytime at all.