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Dancing... or drinking through life
I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I'm giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up.
So Rod Dreher's sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here's his latest post (I think)
There are 8 comments on it.
As I scrolle
posted 3:05:22pm Mar. 02, 2010 |
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Back...
I'm back here at JWalking after a bit of time because I just want someplace to record thoughts from time to time. I doubt that many of the thoughts will be political - there are plenty upon plenty of people offering their opinions on everything political and I doubt that I have much to add that will
posted 10:44:56pm Mar. 01, 2010 |
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Learning to tell a story
For the last ten months or so I've been engaged in a completely different world - the world of screenwriting. It began as a writing project - probably the 21st Century version of a yen to write the great American novel - a shot at a screenplay. I knew that I knew nothing about the art but was inspir
posted 8:01:41pm Feb. 28, 2010 |
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And just one more
I have, I think, just one more round of chemo left.
When I go through my pill popping regimen tomorrow morning it will be the last time for this particular round of drugs. Twenty-three rounds, it seems, is enough.
What comes next? We'll go back to what we did after the surgery. We'll watch and measu
posted 11:38:45pm Nov. 18, 2008 |
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A Newfie for Obama
NPR asked me to do a short memo to the president-elect. I chose to do it on the dog he should choose... and why. Check it out.
posted 12:25:10am Nov. 15, 2008 |
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posted August 20, 2007 at 10:37 am
“One” is a song about The Edge’s divorce, so that would be even more blasphemous than Marley …
posted August 20, 2007 at 10:55 am
On the other hand …
A few explicitly Christian songs have made the Top 40 over the years: “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone, “One of Us” by Joan Osborne, “Put Your Hand In the Hand” by Ocean, among others of course.
Alas, none of these songs are musically challenging — let alone theologically so …
posted August 20, 2007 at 12:38 pm
The way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that “Good Morning Starshine” would be in a hymnal someday.
posted August 20, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Larry – Really? I’d always heard the band recorded it about their relationship as a band at a time when it wasn’t clear that they were going to remain together – Achtung Baby recording era. Of course, like most of U2′s lyrics so much can be read into it.
posted August 20, 2007 at 1:56 pm
In the Presence of the Lord by Blind Faith, one of my faves.
posted August 20, 2007 at 6:30 pm
David:
We’re both right, in a way. I think the spirit of the song is that if The Edge couldn’t count on his wife, he could count on his band.
But there are some VERY angry lyrics in the song — more akin to “Every Breath You Take” than to the modern-day “Imagine” some of U2′s fans imagine the song to be.
PS — A song I missed that might actually make sense in some churches — Garth Brooks’ “Unanswered Prayers.”
posted August 21, 2007 at 2:08 pm
“Are You?” Bob Seger