Rev. Kelle spoke of the blessedness of children last Sunday. This is a picture of my grandchild, ‘Aukai, this year on his third birthday. Loving the picture book, Fireman Small by Wong Herbert Yee, he was surprised at his party with the chance to be Fireman Small and rescue a kitty from a tree. What joy! Did he care the kitty was stuffed? Did he question the reality of his performing this heroic act? Not in this moment.

And a moment in the present is what I recently read may be where eternity lies. A rather amazing thought but certainly where children reside and possibly where Christ would like us to spend a little more time.

Which brings us to the citings this week. We asked Joe Williams to suggest some books on music for the library and he suggested three which are now ready to check out: The African Imagination in Music by Kofi Agawu, Progressive Hymns edited by Megan M. Rohrer, and In Their Own Words; Slave Life and the Power of Spirituals by Eileen Guenther.

In perusing Agawu’s book, a small section called “Time” caught my eye. Here is what Agawu concluded, “Musical time is not – or not necessarily – a microcosm of ordinary time; it is not a domestication or translation of some other temporal realm. Indeed, it is a sobering thought that not a single enduring insight into musical structure has come from reflections on lived time in relation to music.” Blessed are the musical moments Joe offers to God each Sunday morning for which we as humble worshipers partake of eternity.

- Melony Joyce, Plymouth Church Library Committee