In fact Beckett confessed he not only didn’t know who Godot was, he wasn’t even sure he existed. Three other characters come along and enter the rambling discussion.
The two main characters, threadbare tramps, converse, as they wait for someone named Godot. Waiting for Godot is performed on a stage devoid of scenery, except for a tree and a rock. It has been called brilliant, labeled absurd, and condemned as vulgar. The play has received a great deal of comment and criticism over the six decades since Samuel Beckett wrote it. In our present church, it might work better just before the Bible message, after the children have been dismissed to Children’s Church. There was anything but “silence,” and the mood and message of the hymn was all but extinguished. I don’t know what your church is like, but in this particular service, babies were squawking, and adults were still talking. So I decided to use it in this way, one Sunday morning. I thought it might be a great way to begin a worship service, to simply stand up and sing it, reminding people that God is there, and He is waiting for a response from us. Note: Many years ago I heard a friend sing this song as a solo, and it deeply impressed me. And, for more than three dozen reasons why congregations should still use hymn books rather than merely projecting words on the wall, see The Value of Hymn Books. As others have contributed ideas, this wonderful resource has grown to over 80 items now.
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