During our discussion of the Psalms and prayers being set to music in class today, it got me thinking about how frequently prayers are made into musical melodies throughout more traditional church services, which is what I am accustomed to attending. Music is a very powerful tool and can be very useful in services. A pastor of mine here at Butler says that one of the most effective ways to teach doctrine and theology is to portray it in an art form. It had to thinking all the way back to when we discussed chanting and how it was useful in memorization and learning, and simply how it made the service sound better. At my church, we do a lot of singing little canticles or portions of the liturgy. Every Sunday we sing the Lord’s Prayer too. However, I think the variety of some of the Lord’s Prayer tunes that were in the text helped me to appreciate the words. Sometimes things need to change for people to understand the substance that lies within it. Music has its place in worship, and it especially has its place in accordance to prayer. In the Bible, it tells us to pray without ceasing, and to pray the way the Lord desires, which he models in the Lord’s Prayer. There is no “right way” to do prayer, it is a conversation with God, so why not include lots of musical setting of prayers and texts in worship?