Contempo-what now?
There is so much that is both right and wrong, good and bad about this video clip, words almost fail me. I must confess that it enchants me. Not for the theology, but for the simple fact that it’s a catchy little new wave/pop ditty that is so rich with cheeze that it’s almost sinfully good. I think back to the early 80’s, and that song makes perfect sense, both musically and visually. And God help me, I love it. For some reason, whenever I see the background singers doing their little wiggly-dance-thingy, I think of the Joan Cusack character in Sixteen Candles (the girl who wore the back brace), when she was at the school dance, doing her little wiggly-move-back-and-forth dance. And I giggle.
Zap!
HT: BJS - and go there for a good outline & discussion of why this video is an object lesson against falling prey to “contemporary” worship fads.
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I was wrong
Well, it would seem that I was wrong.
America was dumb enough.
I hate it when we get what we deserve…
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Election Day
Election day is finally here. I already voted, and now I’m having to endure CNN’s election coverage, while I sit in the customer lounge at the Toyota dealership while the mighty Prius gets a new auxillary battery installed. I think this is one of Dante’s Circles of Hell, having to listen to the combo of CNN’s anchors, “reporters”, and unbiased man-on-the-street-average-voter interviews.
Two nuggets I just heard were, 1)Obama winning will drive up minority enrollments at the Ivy League schools, which is a good, warm, fuzzy, and inspiring thing, and 2)the polls really *are* accurate & important indicators of what is and will be happening — Really? Good Lord but they are shameless…
Also interesting, though, was that one reporter actually almost admitted that PA was back up for grabs, but he quickly qualified that with a “but not really…”
I’m still hopeful that America’s not dumb enough to vote that stupid…
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Click This in Remembrance of Me
From the Oct 25, 2008 Belief Watch column in Newsweek:
“With a scrap of bagel and a sip of Crystal Light, Beth McDonald gave communion to her husband. Then, after a blessing, he gave communion to her. Music played as the celebrant intoned the ancient words, “Do this in remembrance of me.” The experience was among the most spiritually powerful of her life. “I had my eyes closed,” McDonald told me. “We were praying … I got really choked up.”
McDonald was not in church; she was in her living room in Minnesota. The celebrant was not at church; he was at home, in Santa Fe, N.M. Other participants logged on from Sri Lanka, Australia and the Netherlands. Through streaming video and the Internet, all were joined in holy communion.
As technology reshapes our world, as our “friends” become the people we know on Facebook as well as the ones we invite home for dinner, the definition of community is taking on radically new meanings. Nowhere is the concept of community more crucial than in religion. In the West, people traditionally worship together, in a group, in one room; that togetherness has theological import. In Christianity, the sacrament of communion underscores the unity of the faithful; consuming the consecrated bread and wine binds Christians with each other, with the saints in heaven and with the Lord. Now, at the farthest corners of the Christian world, a few people are applying new-tech concepts of community to this ancient rite. The example above is among the most avant-garde. The celebrant, Zeph Daniel, is a musician who preaches online to a group of Christians disconnected from the traditional church. One of his slogans is “Leave religion and find God.”"
This is neither Holy, nor Communion. Discuss…
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