I like being around [faith communities, churches]. I like being able to catch some of the energy, whatever I can or can’t believe. I think there’s something to be said for it. Despite the fact that most Christian denominations, politically, are about twenty million miles from where I want to be. ….If you’re into music, [...]
A few months ago my friend singer/songwriter John Darnielle, leader of the Mountain Goats, challenged me on Facebook to a meme where you had to name the ten songs you couldn’t bear to be without, and explain why. Here’s my list (with links to the songs, where possible, from my blip.fm playlist):
This must be why mystics and poets record /
The slender incursions of splintered light, /
Echoes, fragments, odd words and phrases /
Like flashes through darkened hallways. - Rod Jellema