conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

U2

As this piece of bread was scattered over the hills
and then was brought together and made one,
so let your Church be brought together
from the ends of the earth
into your Kingdom.
(The Didache 9:4)

Sitting here in my livingroom...thinking about a sermon that Jane and Larry and I are writing together. It is quite a trick this work. For inspiration I have a U2 cd playing that I received from camassia. It is a series of live recordings that come with Get Down on Your Knees. She burned a disk for me. They are free recordings. If you have the chance to come by my place, I just might let you burn a copy yourself. It is a great cd. Camassia also mentions the latest cd in light of a wider conversation about Yoder.

How I love this band.

Love And Peace Or Else

Source: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Year: 2004

Lay down
Lay down
Lay your sweet lovely on the ground
Lay your love on the track
We're gonna break the monster's back
Yes we are
Lay down your treasure
Lay it down now brother
You don't have time
For a jealous lover

As you enter this life
I pray you depart
With a wrinkled face
And a brand new heart

I don't know if I can take it
I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart you can break it

I need some release, release, release

We need
Love and peace
Love and peace

Lay down
Lay down your guns
All your daughters of Zion
All your Abraham sons

I don't know if I can make it
I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart and you can break it
I need some release, release, release

We need
Love and peace
Love and peace

Baby don't fight
We can talk this thing through
It's not a big problem
It's just me and you
You can call or I'll phone
The TV is still on
But the sound is turned down
And the troops on the ground
Are about to dig in

And I wonder where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Love and peace

Yeah. It is like that sometimes. There is a good article on U2 in Spin magazine this month. Bono is quoted as saying this: "We can write songs about God and have them right next to songs about girls. I think we weave God, sex and politics together in a way that is very unusual in white music." Good to know. It is what makes them a great band. Bono says so himself in his way being objective about the band. The Tribune panned the new album. I have not purchased it yet, but I will. I heard it all on XRT. They have a program where they play one or two tunes offf of new albums. They played the entire cd all the way through that day. Wow. It is on my Christmas list to be certain. I will probably melt the dern thing. Of course, now I want an i-pod even more. Bugger that covetous nature of mine.

Right.

Anyway...laundry, food, laundry, vacuum, dishes, more laundry...nap? Maybe. Sermon for sure.

Consensus is rooted in the communion built on Jesus Christ and the witness of the apostles. As a gift of the Spirit it is realized as a communal experience before it can be articulated by common efforts into words. Full consensus can only be proclaimed after the churches reach the point of living and acting together in unity...

Posted by tripp at November 27, 2004 01:46 PM