Writing about social justice on grad school applications makes me want to listen to Citizen Cope. I'm currently jamming to "Bullet and a Target," off the Clarence Greenwood Recordings.
Hurrah for social workers everywhere.
Posted by nickles at December 11, 2007 04:53 PM | TrackBackquote of the day from Bob a long time ago put us on the front burner please just for a little bit even if you have been told not to.
this is from an andrew peterson song:
"Tonight in the light of the merchandise store
well, they were packin up my bags.
I saw the pictures of the prophets with the picket signs,
screamin, 'God Hates Fags!'
"And it feels like the church isn't anything more
than the second coming of the Pharisees,
scrubbin each other till their tombs are white
with chiseled epitaphs of piety.
"Oh, well there's a burning down inside of me
because the battle seems so lost.
And its raging on so silently,
we forget its being fought.
"So, amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, amen.
Oh, amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, amen.
"It's taken me years in the race just to get this far,
still there is no end in sight,
there's no end in sight.
Cuz I've carried my cross in the dens of the wicked.
You know I blended in just fine
"I'm weak and I'm weary of breaking his heart
with the cycle of my sin,
of my sin.
Still he turnes his face to me and I kiss it,
just to betray him once again.
"Oh, I've got oceans down inside of me.
And I can feel the billows roll
with the mercy that comes thundering
o'er the waters of my soul
"So I say amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, amen.
Oh, amen.
So come, Lord Jesus, amen.
"It's a night in the light of the gathering rain:
I could hear hear creation groan.
And a sigh rose up from the streets of the city
to the foot of heaven's throne.
"Oh, and the people hear the sound of the sweet refrain.
An absolution in the fray
in the fray
tells of the death of the one for the lives of the many,
more than any picket sign could say.
"So, amen.
Come Lord Jesus, amen.
Oh, amen.
So come, Lord Jesus, amen.
"Woah, amen!
Come Lord Jesus, amen.
Please come, Lord Jesus.
Amen."
So many folks I know are thinking about life in these terms, it seems. I just thought it appropriate to record the sentiment. Tonight will most likely see me packing for Belgium and writing thank you notes and reading for pleasure at a local coffee shop. Ahhh. I worked my last hours of the month this morning and will attend my last church service at RP for awhile tomorrow morning. I'll catch up with Mike later that night (I think), after a little visit to the apartments.
Hmmm. Good-bye Chattanooga! Good-bye Lookout Mountain! Good-bye Greyfriar's and Covenant and RP and St. Elmo and college living and Chalmer's and native language and so forth! I'm off for another adventure. Hopefully it won't be my last. Hopefully you'll hear from me soon, perhaps through this very blog. ;)
Here's to Jesus, who makes hoping more than blind optimism. Here's to the morning star rising in your heart as well as in my own.
Love,
Bob
Posted by nickles at 03:48 PM | Add a comment
heres also to working at starbucks and the everybody fields and nasty tinsel and some chicken lips.
Posted by: Mez at December 18, 2007 06:26 PM