demands of daily living, a luxury for those who have the time and money to use and enjoy it. Of course, the chances are that readers of this book already have some interest in music and believe that thinking about it in a Christian way is worthwhile. Nonetheless, in the light of what we have just been saying, it is worth asking: why bother putting our minds to something that is so hard to speak about, so apparently unconcerned with matters of truth, and seemingly so insignificant? The