Of Song Sets, Long Thoughts, and…ooh, is that something shiny over there?

So, as I am officially 4 days into my “sabbatical”, I believed that I would have an unreasonably easy time pulling together a coherent song set that would enhance the reading of Acts. I mean, I am a virtual listening post right now, right? Ummm… yeah. Actually, I think it took me twice as long as usual- thank goodness George doesn’t have a hammer. At any rate, this whole process has gotten me thinking- what is a prayerful and measured approach to stringing songs together? Is there some formula that I am unaware of? Is there a different way than doing partial covers of “NOW that’s what I call Worship” CD’s or bludgeoning folks with hymnals? How does one balance the responsibility of responding wholeheartedly, while doing it within the means of his/her ability to lead and within the means of the congregation to understand? Wait… is that Battlestar Galactica streaming over there? Okay… frustrations will bask in the unadulterated distraction of Cylons and FTL drives….