our fountain

the word is our guide - the word directs and binds us.
music is our dear friend - music calms and uplifts us.
song is their joining - song more gently teaches us.

we love to read, to study and to learn our word.
we love to listen, to play and to share our music.
we love to sing, to practice and to perform our song.

the word touches our mind - with pleasing understanding.
music touches our heart - with familiar mystery.
song touches our spirit - with illuminating joy.

with the word we order our lives and steady our purpose.
with music we fill our spaces and settle our souls.
with song we consider and celebrate our lives.

song is our fountain - that never will run dry.
grace gives the water - from a love that did not die.
bonner 6. becoming aware during a bonner choir workshop
that song combining word and music reaches a different place
and words communicate their power without the mind's interference.
fountain of the village of itaska, illinois
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