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Snags
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This is an idle thought that has cross-fertilised between private musings on where I'm at with faith/theology, things on 8th Day/Faith-free, and the lyrical content of the songs I often have to lead in church.
It struck me last night that, despite not being a huge U2 fan, one of the songs that probably most closely aligns with my general inner voice and take on the world is "God Part II" ( lyric link to save the ears of Hosts who may hate U2 ).
It's certainly not the alpha and the omega of my beliefs, nor the song I most relate to in the whole wide world, but there's a hell of a lot of resonance with the outworking of all the twists, turns, struggles and angst over detail.
Which got me to wondering: what, if any songs, wrap up a significant amount of stuff for other Shippies? Artistic merit very much a secondary consideration.
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Albertus
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"Sit down" by James:
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Those who feel the breath of sadness
Sit down next to me
Those who find they're touched by madness
Sit down next to me
Those who find themselves ridiculous
Sit down next to me
For me, this is a lot of what the Eucharist and church more widely is about.
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Bob Two-Owls
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I Don't Know by Ozzy
quote:
People look to me and say
Is the end near, when is the final day?
What's the future of mankind?
How do I know, I got left behind
Everyone goes through changes
Looking to find the truth
Don't look at me for answers
Don't ask me
I don't know
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Two lines from an Advent hymn.
For thou art our salvation, Lord,
Our refuge, and our great reward.
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Sipech
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I quite like this from the American christian ska punk band, Five Iron Frenzy:
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When I was young, the smallest trick of light,
Could catch my eye,
Then life was new and every new day,
I thought that I could fly.
I believed in what I hoped for,
And I hoped for things unseen,
I had wings and dreams could soar,
I just don't feel like flying anymore...
[Extract shortened to avoid copyright problems. You'll probably want to google for the rest. Thanks, Ariel, Heaven Host.]
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Side 2 of Aqualung
People what have you done?
Locked him in his golden cage.
Made him bend to your religion
Him resurrected from the grave
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The bloody Church of England --
in chains of history --
requests your earthly presence at
the vicarage for tea.
how do you dare tell me that I'm my Father's son
when that was just an accident of Birth.
I'd rather look around me -- compose a better song
`cos that's the honest measure of my worth.
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I'm not sure if it's my whole theology, but Lazlo Bane's Superman (better known to most as "the theme from Scrubs) names well a call I struggle to keep before my eyes and the hope that grounds and enables my response to it:
But I can't do this all on my own
No I can't do this all on my own
I know that I'm no Superman
I'm no Superman, I'm no Superman
Someday we'll be together
I'm no Superman
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Okay, as theology, it's pretty basic, and it doesn't really hit great heights as poetry either("Life is so much better, whenever truth is sung"). But it's had a hold on me ever since I woke up to it on the radio over thirty years ago.
I think my mind might have been in a more susceptible state as a result of just having woken up, but the song hasn't lost its power over the years.
All Things Come From God
And I believe that, too.
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Farther along we'll know all about it
farther along we'll understand why.
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
We'll understand it all by and by.
Best version; Dolly, Emmylou and Linda on the Trio album.
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For me, it would be Justinian's Hymn. It's sung in every Divine Liturgy in the Orthodox Church, and has been since the time of Ss. Justinian and Theodora.
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Only-Begotten Son and Immortal Word of God,
Who for our salvation didst will to be incarnate of the holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary;
Who without change didst become man and was crucified;
Who art one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit:
O Christ our God, trampling down death by death, save us!
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Rev per Minute
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quote:
Originally posted by Sipech:
I quite like this from the American christian ska punk band, Five Iron Frenzy:
(my emphasis)
Is that a description or a random group of adjectives (plus noun)? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Albertus
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Originally posted by Zappa:
Apart from "OM"?
Probably Timothy Rees': quote:
God is Love: and he enfoldeth
All the world in one embrace;
With unfailing grasp he holdeth
Every child of every race.
And when human hearts are breaking
Under sorrow's iron rod,
Then they find that selfsame aching
Deep within the heart of God.
Oh yes- and the next verse:
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God is love, and though with blindness
Sin afflicts the souls of men
God's eternal lovingkindness
Holds and guides them even then
Sin and death and Hell can never
O'er us final triumph gain
God is love and love forever
Through the Universe must reign
When I go to Llandaff Cathedral I pay my respects at his grave, on the basis of that hymn alone.
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From Mary Poppins (Sherman brothers)- 'Feed the Birds'
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"The silence of eternity interpreted by love,
interpreted by love"
By an American Quaker poet, Hymn writer: Whittier
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quote:
Originally posted by Rev per Minute:
quote:
Originally posted by Sipech:
I quite like this from the American christian ska punk band, Five Iron Frenzy:
(my emphasis)
Is that a description or a random group of adjectives (plus noun)?
A description. They're quite entertaining. Not everyone's cup of tea, for sure, but then who is?
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Side 2 of Aqualung
And from Wind Up
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When I was young and they packed me off to school
and taught me how not to play the game,
I didn't mind if they groomed me for success,
or if they said that I was a fool.
So I left there in the morning
with their God tucked underneath my arm --
their half-assed smiles and the book of rules.
So I asked this God a question
and by way of firm reply,
He said -- I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
[Extract shortened for copyright reasons. You may like to google for the rest. Thanks, Ariel, Heaven Host.]
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General reminder about copyright. Please don't post huge slabs of verse, 4-6 lines and a link will do.
Thanks
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Mr Al Stewart manages it on occasion as well:
A Man for All Seasons
You try to accept what the fates are unfolding
While some say they're sure where the blame should be falling
Some call on Jehovah; some cry out to Allah
Some wait for the boats that still row to Valhalla
You look out for maybe a chance of forestalling
But too soon it's over and done
Or the whole of Gethsemane Again, particularly:
Oh I dodged the collection box choirboy and out
To the streets where the wind shook my hair with a shout
And the dusty-faced daisies were blowing about so freely
And Christ in the ruins was wandering again
As he walked with the beggars and talked to the lame
And danced with the children and sailors who came at his call
( http://alstewart.com/publicfiles/LYRICS_gethsemaneagain.htm )
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On "Faithfree" we've been discussing quite a lot about a picture of God who is rather alien to our understanding, and that's an issue I struggle with. In that context, I can think of two songs which touch on how I feel about all this:
One of Us by Joan Osborne - in this I particularly like:
If God had a face, what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the saints
And all the prophets?
Come down Jehovah by Chris Wood. Here I particularly like:
Come down, come down from your mountain, Jehovah,
Come down and be with us here.
Heaven and hell and the life ever after,
It's such a beguiling idea.
But our spell on this earth is much richer, Jehovah,
Richer than you'll ever know.
Both of these actually make better sense sung rather than as lyrics - a lot of the meaning in the originals is in the tone of voice, I guess. However, I am quoting lyrics here for ease of reading and hosting. (I an posting from a computer without working sound just currently...)
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Paul.
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I could easily quote most of Tonio K's song book but here's just a couple:
quote:
like a river, it will fall until it's free
like a river, from the mountain tops
always searching for the sea
love will find you
it's as sure as gravity
Gravity
Or the equally meaningful (to me):
quote:
futt futt futt
Merzsuite
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Paul.
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Originally posted by the famous rachel:
One of Us by Joan Osborne
Yes! I once wrote blog post on the now defunct St. Pixels website about that song and how Jesus ought to be the "one of us" of the song but somehow doesn't feel that way.
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Paul.
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quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
"Sit down" by James:
The line in that that speaks to me, is:
quote:
If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor
which is how I feel about the spotty nature of faith and the glimpses I get of something more.
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Originally posted by Sipech:
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Originally posted by Rev per Minute:
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Originally posted by Sipech:
I quite like this from the American christian ska punk band, Five Iron Frenzy:
(my emphasis)
Is that a description or a random group of adjectives (plus noun)?
A description. They're quite entertaining. Not everyone's cup of tea, for sure, but then who is?
I'd never heard of them, and I rather like them. They remind me a little bit of Rocket From the Crypt, whom I love. So thanks for the introduction!
As for me, Nick Cave (of course) Into my arms:
"I don’t believe in an interventionist God"
It's a beautiful song, I know it inside out and backwards, and yet the third verse makes me cry every time I hear it.
"But I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you"
Entire lyrics here: http://nickcave.com/lyrics/nick-cave-bad-seeds/boatmans-call/arms/
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul.:
quote:
Originally posted by the famous rachel:
One of Us by Joan Osborne
Yes! I once wrote blog post on the now defunct St. Pixels website about that song and how Jesus ought to be the "one of us" of the song but somehow doesn't feel that way.
The writer of that song seemed completely oblivious to the idea of the Incarnation.
More interesting was the much earlier New Approcah Needed, in which Kingsley Amis accepts the idea of the Incarnation, but basically just shrugs his shoulders at it.
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Bargain, by Pete Townsend, from the album 'Who's Next' (a masterpiece, IMO).
Most people think this is a love song, and so it is--but to me, it's a love song to God. The lyrics have a far deeper resonance when you look at them in that way.
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"From a Distance" by Bette Midler:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/from-a-distance-lyrics-bette-midler.html
especially these lines:
From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting for ....
Oh, God is watching us, God is watching
God is watching us from a distance.
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Love is the Answer by England Dan and John Ford Coley may be hippy dippy but it speaks to me.
It's a bit like a proverb as it expresses the difficulties of living interspersed with joy.
The chorus encapsulates my faith and feels like a hymn.
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Wow. I can only say that some of the choices are at the opposite end of the spectrum for me. Bette Middler (both that song and generally) is not at all for me!
I will submit Bruce Cockburn's Creation Dream
quote:
...You were dancing
I saw you dancing
Throwing your arms toward the sky
Fingers opening
Like flares
Stars were shooting everywhere
Lines of power
Bursting outward
Along the channels of your song...
There is more in earth and heaven that I can imagine. (edit: and more to code too)
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Paul.:
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Originally posted by the famous rachel:
One of Us by Joan Osborne
Yes! I once wrote blog post on the now defunct St. Pixels website about that song and how Jesus ought to be the "one of us" of the song but somehow doesn't feel that way.
The writer of that song seemed completely oblivious to the idea of the Incarnation.
More interesting was the much earlier New Approcah Needed, in which Kingsley Amis accepts the idea of the Incarnation, but basically just shrugs his shoulders at it.
Yet One Of Us performed by Martyn Joseph, especially live, is a powerful thing.
I quite like the Michael Marshall book, too, but that's very different.
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For me its the second verse of the communion hymn which starts "And now O Father, mindful of the love...
verse 2:
Look Father, look on his anointed face,
And only look on us as found in him.
Look not on our misusings of thy grace,
Our prayer so languid and our faith so dim.
For lo, between our sins and their reward,
We set the passion of thy Son, our Lord.
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Especially for pastors on bad days (Of Montreal, Gronlandic Edit):
quote:
the church is filled with losers, psycho or confused
I just want to hold the divine in mind
I had this as my sig for a while.
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"Kookaburra sits in the ol' gum tree
Merry merry King of the Bush is he-ee
Laugh kookaburra laugh kookaburra
Gay your life must be"
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the famous rachel
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Originally posted by Snags:
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Paul.:
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Originally posted by the famous rachel:
One of Us by Joan Osborne
Yes! I once wrote blog post on the now defunct St. Pixels website about that song and how Jesus ought to be the "one of us" of the song but somehow doesn't feel that way.
The writer of that song seemed completely oblivious to the idea of the Incarnation.
More interesting was the much earlier New Approcah Needed, in which Kingsley Amis accepts the idea of the Incarnation, but basically just shrugs his shoulders at it.
Yet One Of Us performed by Martyn Joseph, especially live, is a powerful thing.
I think you read the song differently, if (like me) you assume that the writer/singer is fully aware of the concept of the incarnation. For me, from there it can go two ways:
Either - the concept of God as "one of us" demands a response from us and this song reminds us of the incarnation and of the demand this places on us. Essentially, this calls us towards the Christian faith.
Or - the concept of God as "one of us" is seen as unreal (although possibly desirable), despite the supposed existence of Jesus as God incarnate - because we don't really see Jesus as one of us - perhaps for the reasons that the Kingsley Amis poem suggests. Essentially, this pushes us away from the Christian faith.
These two seem somewhat exclusive of one another, but actually some people probably hold the two ideas in tension.
Interestingly, a brief google has revealed that Joan Osborne, who released the song originally, is a lapsed catholic, so presumably was aware of the incarnation when she recorded this. However, the song was actually written by someone else. Weirdly, a reviewer at the time of it's release is quoted on Wikipedia as calling it "a simple, direct statement of faith", whereas I see it as anything but. I think it is the apparent simplicity of it, contrasted with the available double meaning which attracts me.
Best wishes,
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"Dust in the Wind" -- by Kansas
"Hang On" -- by the Little River band
"I Bind Unto Myself Today" -- ancient hymn
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the famous rachel:
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I think you read the song differently, if (like me) you assume that the writer/singer is fully aware of the concept of the incarnation. For me, from there it can go two ways: <snip>
I've always liked the ambiguity of it, and have always assumed that was written in quite a knowing way. It seems to contain a strange mix of lament and challenge, both to the established church in making God distant, and to those who take the "give me proof" line for not actually wanting the proof when push comes to shove.
I've always heard it with a silent, knowing, almost keening undertone of "He was/is, and yet in our own ways we all still mist the point".
Which may well say more about me than Joan Osborne (or Eric Bazilian - thanks for the pointer, hadn't realised she didn't write it. And of course Bazilian via the Hooters gave us Satellite, which is a good knife-twister at the tele-evanglist culture of the 80s, and All You Zombies. Which makes me all the more convinced he knew what he was writing).
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Originally posted by Snags:
I quite like the Michael Marshall book, too, but that's very different.
[pedantry]One of Us was actually a Michael Marshall Smith book. (same author, different pen name)[/pedantry]
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"Logical Song" Supertramp
But then they send me away
To teach me how to be sensible
Logical, responsible, practical
And then they showed me a world
Where I could be so dependable
Clinical, intellectual, cynical
There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep for such a simple mind
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
I know it sounds absurd please tell me who I am
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Originally posted by Paul.:
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Originally posted by Snags:
I quite like the Michael Marshall book, too, but that's very different.
[pedantry]One of Us was actually a Michael Marshall Smith book. (same author, different pen name)[/pedantry]
I know, I was on the phone, I couldn't be arsed with the extra characters ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Dancing with Christ
Sorry about the youtube link, but the lyrics are different from what seems to be the traditional version, and to my mind infinitely preferable.
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There are so many U2 songs that resonate with me, lyrically. Sure, many times I get sick of Bono's ridiculous pronouncements (saying Patti Smith was a goddess was one of the main ones) but when he drops all the b.s. and is "in it" (in the Spirit?) he writes some spiritual stuff that leaves me shivering. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is right up there with the shivers. A lot of U2's songs could be applied just to women or humans that they love but also to God. And a feminine God a lot of the time, I think.
@U2
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Originally posted by ExclamationMark:
"Logical Song" Supertramp
But then they send me away
To teach me how to be sensible
Logical, responsible, practical
And then they showed me a world
Where I could be so dependable
Clinical, intellectual, cynical
There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep for such a simple mind
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
I know it sounds absurd please tell me who I am
Yes! This. I've loved Supertramp since "Breakfast In America". This song and "Take The Long Way Home" always makes me cry, probably because both came out around '79 when I was twelve and my mother had just died. Anyway...
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Zappa
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Originally posted by cosmic dance:
For me its the second verse of the communion hymn which starts "And now O Father, mindful of the love...
verse 2:
Look Father, look on his anointed face,
And only look on us as found in him.
Look not on our misusings of thy grace,
Our prayer so languid and our faith so dim.
For lo, between our sins and their reward,
We set the passion of thy Son, our Lord.
Oooh yes .. that would have been my next choice
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and mayhap this too: http://broken-moments.blogspot.co.nz/
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The5thMary
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Another one that is right this minute comforting me to no end is Supertramp's "Lord Is It Mine?"
www.metrolyrics.com
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Sarasa
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How have we got this far without any Dylan? One of my favourite's is from Summer Days
I'm standing by God's river, my soul is beginning to shake
I'm standing by God's river, mt soul is beginning to shake.
I'm counting on you love, to give me a break.
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'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
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Aravis
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In this one of many possible worlds
All for the best, or some bizarre test?
It is what it is - and forever
Time is still the infinite jest...
The measure of a life
Is a measure of love and respect,
So hard to earn, so easily burned;
In the fullness of time
A garden to nurture and protect.
The treasure of a life
Is the treasure of love and respect,
The way you live, the gifts that you give,
In the fullness of time
A garden to nurture and protect...
Neil Peart 2013
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Schroedinger's cat
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There is no song that encapsulates my theology - it would be a tedious song if it did. There are many songs - including a number of those above - that reflect some aspect of what I believe.
However, I am currently on a Stevie Nicks love-in so I will quote a couple of lines from "Sara" (which is such an awesome song):
"Drowning in a sea of love, where everyone would love to drown" - seems to me like a good description of being lost in God, the fear, the dread, the death and yet life involved.
"When you build you house, call me home" - there is something about the fact that other people show me God more than anything else, so when someone else has found a place they call home, I want to visit, and be with them, not suggest they find me in my home.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Teilhard
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
There is no song that encapsulates my theology - it would be a tedious song if it did. There are many songs - including a number of those above - that reflect some aspect of what I believe.
However, I am currently on a Stevie Nicks love-in so I will quote a couple of lines from "Sara" (which is such an awesome song):
"Drowning in a sea of love, where everyone would love to drown" - seems to me like a good description of being lost in God, the fear, the dread, the death and yet life involved.
"When you build you house, call me home" - there is something about the fact that other people show me God more than anything else, so when someone else has found a place they call home, I want to visit, and be with them, not suggest they find me in my home.
Yes !!! I also hold up Christine McVie's wonderful song, "Over My Head" … (much more interesting than the kids' campfire song, "Oh, How I love Jesus" …)
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Fr Weber
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Originally posted by Hilda of Whitby:
Bargain, by Pete Townsend, from the album 'Who's Next' (a masterpiece, IMO).
Most people think this is a love song, and so it is--but to me, it's a love song to God. The lyrics have a far deeper resonance when you look at them in that way.
In the same vein, the third verse of "Who Are You" jumps from the first two verses' recounting of a rough night out to address the Almighty thus :
I know there's a place you walked
Where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees
I spit out like a sewer hole
Yet still receive your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now
After such a love as this?
[ 09. March 2015, 19:33: Message edited by: Fr Weber ]
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--Sr Theresa Koernke, IHM
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