Deus ex machina. It’s the literary device whereby some seemingly insurmountable problem or plot point is miraculously fixed with little to no attention paid to even the fictional reality. “God in the machine,” translated literally from Latin. 

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Sometimes a song comes on the radio, and you’ve heard it a million times, you know all the words…and yet, today, you hear it differently, and it changes your day. God in the music, perhaps? 

 

Deus ex Musica is a periodical series exploring the ways we can and do experience God through music. We tackled Musical Theatre last year, and currently we’re investigating Disco and the spiritual value of pleasure. Join us as we look for God where God isn’t expected to be found.