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March 1, 2008
U23D
U2 Praise & Worship: 40/Streets Prayer Breakfast
I went to see U23D at the Whitaker Center last evening. I have never been to a live U2 concert before, but this was no doubt the next best thing.
February 18, 2008
My eclectic musical archives playlist…
My musical tastes have changed over the years. Always a bit eclectic. Anything from The Choraleers to The Gatlin Brothers. Anything from Good ‘Ol Gospel Greats to CCM, to “Pop” to Country, Classical, Jazz.
However, if you were to explore the cassette tapes in storage in the crawl space of our house, you would find quite [...]
February 7, 2008
U2: blurring the line between the sacred and the profane…
Bono, Larry, and The Edge had become involved in the Shalom fellowship. They were just twenty years old and had discovered their faith amid an enflamed charismatic revival. Questions of ego and fame and the seemingly trivial pursuit of rock music were beginning to arise. There seemed to be a wind of change within the [...]
February 4, 2008
Gospel word pictures…
Kingdom Grace posted a number of wonderful pictures which are representative of key words in the emergent church conversation as well as many other parts of the Church. They are words inherent to Gospel living.
I re-post them here with a HT to Kingdom Grace. I also found the comments exchanged in response to her pictures [...]
February 2, 2008
A lenten fast…
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training…. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave…. 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Lent begins next week. Easter is early this year–March 23 in Western Christianity. Thinking [...]
January 20, 2008
Bills and Normas…
Bills and Normas – Mennonite
h/t Joel Miller
Great use of humor, music and image to tell a bit of the Mennonite story.
January 3, 2008
American prayer…
Beyoncé Knowles & Bono – World Prayer (Live 46664 Concert)
In Get Up Off Your Knees, Eugene Peterson wrote perhaps U2’s strongest endorsement to the Christian Church. His conclusion was that U2 is indeed a prophetic voice, saying, “God the Holy Spirit has used prophets, biblical and contemporary, to separate people from [...]
December 22, 2007
Feast of the Nativity…
This icon of the Lord’s Nativity is explained here. I want to focus in on the depiction of Joseph. Here is the explanation of what is happening in the part of the icon with Joseph:
St Joseph the Betrothed (bottom left), seeing his affliction and bewilderment over this most strange and divine birth;. He is shown [...]
November 21, 2007
“I believe in the Kingdom come…”
u2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For live Milan
