I've had a rotten, miserable, stinking, lousy cold hang on for 5+ weeks (yes, I'm done it all, including the doctor). I can't sing with a damn at the moment. So the songs keep flitting through my head, and when I do try to sing I sound like a hoarse, badly-tuned jet engine.

Normally, I don't sound like that.

But I sing anyway, anywhere I can get away with it (not at work, or at least not much, although sometimes I whistle).

I sing when I drive, whether or not there's a tape or CD in the player.

People who sing in church all too often don't open their mouths and let it out. People who sing to themselves or at home suffer from the same thing. Perhaps it would help if they could be taught to open up and sing.

It's a "joyful sound unto the Lord" in church or not. Heck, it's a joyful sound unto anyone.

Ever notice that kids sing?