Singing as a Spiritual Discipline

July 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Where else in American culture do people sing together than in church?  This is a unique aspect of our way of being in the world.  Singing may well have preceded speech in human history by some accounts–singing is almost certainly our first language with God.  It is a fundamental practice of devotion.

Today find a song of worship and sing it.  It could be a hymn, a psalm, or something more contemporary.  If you can, gather others to sing with you.

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About Ragan Sutterfield

Ragan Sutterfield is a writer, teacher, and agrarian living in his native Arkansas. Ragan explores the connections of sustainable agriculture, health, the body, creation, and contemporary culture through writing, teaching, and speaking. He is the author of the small collection of essays Farming as a Spiritual Discipline and a contributor to the book Sacred Acts: How churches are working to protect the Earth’s climate. Ragan works to live the good life in partnership with his wife Emily and daughter Lillian.