An investigation into the phenomena and practices of spiritual ...

When she was allowed to play in a different church, the healing process started fordifferent reasons. While simply being allowed to feel useful again was a healing factor,it is possible music in itself contributed to the healing of the pain and hurt in her life.What emerged from this respondent is that her healing is an integral part of churchservice and church life. The music, the fellowship, the worship, friendliness, and beingmade to feel helpful when one is feeling helpless and despondent all go together.Interviewer: When you are playing music do you perceive the type of music that isneeded for a particular moment in a healing service?Respondent 5 URC: 'I could not stand up and preach a sermon but I could preach asermon through a song.Interviewer: So, it sounds like the change in itself was like a healing?Respondent: Yes, the fact that I was not in the environment where I was resentful gotrid of that feeling of resentfulness. I feel very much at home here. In the other church Iwas involved in the music and that was taken away for me. I did not feel that I had anypurpose to go there, to sing to play the piano. I still meet up with the people from thechurchBut I don‘t get asked to join in with anything as I used to do.Interviewer: I am interested in the music. Can you tell me more about that I can seethat you are really interested in music? Do you think music in itself contributes tohealing.Respondent: I used to play for the Sunday school so I have played church music all mylife.303