"When two fighters of equal ability and speed are matched . . . there is a greater advantage to the one who knows how to break the rhythm."-Bruce LeeRhythm is a blessing. By rhythm we dance, sing, clap, walk and breathe.Beyond the blessing is the Giver of Rhythm, who sometimes calls us past the patterns and habits we have established for ourselves into new understanding, new risk, new faith, hope and love.In those moments we have to decide where to place our trust: in God or in our preciousrhythms.Spoken word poet Amena Brown has made rhythm her life's work. In Breaking Old Rhythms she explores how we discover by rhythm both our God-given limitations and potential, and the ways we limit God's work in our lives. Read this bookand be reminded, and encouraged, that while God has rhythm, God is love, and God's love carries us beyond our rhythms into a fuller, more fulfilling life.



Amena Brown is a poet, speaker and event host from Atlanta, Georgia. The author of a chapbook and two spoken word CDs, Brown performs and speaks in intimate venues and at national conferences. She and her husband, Matt (also known as DJ Opdiggy),host a local open mic and travel extensively, performing a presentation of poetry, monologue and deejaying.



Foreward by Dan Kimball

A Word to the Reader

1. Finding Your Rhythm

2. The Blessing of Irritation

3. The Rhythm of Fighting

4. If God Is a DJ

5. Broken Heart

6. Breakdancing

7. Breathing Room

8. Beatbox

9. Baggage Check

10. Finding the Break Beat

Referenced Works

Acknowledgments

Soundtrack