Singing and support for those who are struggling
Picture a child first learning to write their letters, their hand clasped by their parent or a teacher, gently guiding them as they trace out the shapes. Now picture a weary, battered Christian, barely able to utter a sound from their lips, let alone direct their hearts heavenwards, surrounded by people singing prayers of desperation to God. Let me suggest the two pictures are not so different.
Matt MacGregor is the director of music at St Andrew the Great Church, Cambridge.