Tag: commentary

  • sad songs about joy

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    i’ve noticed recently on some new worship albums that sometimes there’s this weird song on the album that has very positive lyrics but a very minor and almost depressingly sad melody. i noticed this way back in march when i bought Page CXVI just to check out some redone “hymns”. there’s this song on it…

  • why i'm still at my church

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    parts of this post i started last summer after the '08 class graduated and i saw a lot of friends come back to NY after 4 years in college, abandon their home churches and begin the search for a new church that was a “better fit” for them. they were  frustrated by the “lack of…

  • on “unselfishness”

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    i’m trying to post more frequently and shorter (i’ll try). the idea for this post came up in a conversation i had today w/ a friend. often when i chat with people, i listen “in between the lines” of what they say and i hear, though rarely explicitly said, this weird notion that having pain…

  • controlling god

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    From The Silver Chair: [Eustace speaking to Jill…] “I can’t help wondering, can we – could we -?” “Do you mean, do something to make it happen?” Eustace nodded. “You mean we might draw a circle on the ground – and write in queer letters in it – and stand inside it – and recite…

  • drinking and the christians

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    “confession”: i drink. and by drink i don’t mean in the duh duh sense that we all drink water, OJ, etc. i mean that from time to time, i pick up beers when i grocery shop, and from time to time i meet up w/ some friends and chat over some shots. it just so…