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Friday, April 22, 2011

Getting Back on the Bus: "Who Do You Say that I Am?"

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C hrist's death on a day with the most post-modern name I know of -- "Good Friday" -- is the summation of tragedy, the sucking...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Songs for Lent #19: Andy McCarroll & Moral Support's "How the Kids Are Feelin'"

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O ne of the premier Christian punk bands of the early 80s, Moral Support offered a Clashesque sound and highly articulate lyrics. This song ...

Songs for Lent #17 and #18: Mind Garage (1967) "Processional" and "Our Father" from "Electric Liturgy"

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M y love of psychedelic rock is fully met in this wonderful early, early example of faith meets amplification by the Mind Garage. The first ...

Songs for Lent #16: Soundtrack for Godspell's "By My Side"

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I n contrast to the "interested agnosticism" of Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell borrowed heavily from Anglican hymnody for its me...

Songs for Lent #15: Soundtrack for Jesus Christ Superstar's "Superstar"

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J esus Christ Superstar (the LP) was for me as a young man a weapon to use against my Christian friend. I played it whenever he came over. ...

Songs for Lent #14: Jamie Owens-Collins "I've Never Had to Go This Far Before"

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J amie Owens Collins is far off my musical radar (I don't normally "do" ccm), but deeply touched my wife long ago at a moment ...

Songs for Lent #13: Gavin Bryars and unnamed hobo's "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet"

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T his strange song came about, legend says, when a short recording of a hobo's singing accidentally got "looped" by musician G...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Songs for Lent #12: Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit"

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B illie Holliday sings a crucifixion song. Prayer: silence. Billie Holliday: Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the l...

Songs for Lent #10 and #11: Paul Robeson and Odetta "Motherless Child"

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T his song has, since the first time I heard it (Paul Robeson singing), haunted me. Rooted of course in the black slave experience, it speak...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Despair's End

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Another lyrical outing... D espair's End Jesus you are my floor You are my walls And you are my door You are my windows And you are my r...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Songs for Lent #9: Staples Singers' "Why Am I Treated So Bad?"

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T his song might seem like a self-pitying whine... but I don't think so. Sometimes a Christian really does feel beat down by his/her fel...

Songs for Lent #8: Thompson Community Singers' "It's Gonna Rain"

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T he first time our own now-disbanded gospel choir, Grace & Glory, did this song I got absolute goosebumps. My wife and I, in a move tha...

Terry Jones Demands Retribution for U.N. Deaths... that His Actions Triggered

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F loridian Terry Jones calls himself a Christian pastor, but his actions in "trying" by jury (a jury made up of his own fundie con...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

What Is Cornerstone Community Outreach?

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This ten minute introduction to Cornerstone Community Outreach offers an encouraging response to homelessness in Chicago... CCO is always lo...

Strive4More: A Long-Distance Runner Ultra-marathons for CCO Shelters

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Patrick “Paddy” McCormack is running 240 miles in 8 days. Why? There are over 80,000 homeless in Chicago. Half of those are families, and ov...

Appeal for Help Improving Homeless Kids' Playground at CCO Shelter

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Hey, here's something we can actually DO rather than just be bummed about... Cornerstone Community Outreach needs help improving the roo...

Songs for Lent #7: Bjork's "All Is Full of Love"

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I'm a sucker for Bjork. And for an old metal head, that's something. "All Is Full of Love" may seem too ambiguous, too ...