For AWESOME worship, you need the latest in music technology: Now you can respond to the leading of the Spirit in spontaneous arrangements without worrying about wrong notes, because "all discordant chords and sour notes have been programmed out"! Comes pre-loaded with seven Chris Tomlin worship songs!
(Hat tip to Gustaf, who twittered to this upbeat Gizmodo review.)
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So long, Larry.
Thanks for making it possible, and for bucking the machine you inadvertently created.
Why should the devil have all the good music?
(h/t: TSK)
Well, it's taken me a month to use up my Christmas gift from Kay: a $30 iTunes gift certificate. A month! (Some of you are shaking your heads at me in wonder.) You see, because I love music so much and iTunes makes it so easy to spend money, I have trained myself to resist the temptation. So being given permission, well, it just made my head spin. Where to start? What to buy?
With new things about to begin, Soliton is on my mind, so the musical trigger of Coldplay was on my heart. So it seemed only fitting to start with:
Clocks, and
Speed of Sound
It's time.
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How long before I get in
Before it starts, before I begin
How long before you decide
Before I know what it feels like
Where to, where do I go
If you never try, then you'll never know
How long do I have to climb
Up on the side of this mountain of mine
Look up, I look up at night
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand
With my head stuck under the sand
I'll start before I can stop
Before I see things the right way up
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(Hat tip to jonnybaker)
I went to a grocery store yesterday to pick up some last-minute items for our Thanksgiving meal. There I was, pushing my cart along when the background music shifted to Coldplay. My cart came to a stop, because I was suddenly transported to Soliton Space. I don't know if the Bridge folks always played Coldplay before their gatherings, but they did whenever I was with them, so I have a strong association between Coldplay and Soliton. It was at Soliton that I learned I was not crazy; in fact, I was surrounded by people a lot crazier than I am.
For a brief moment, my loneliness disappeared.
I haven't heard this song in years. I don't know why it's in my head today. Maybe it's a pathological reflection of my state of mind.
You may look like we do, talk like we do
But you know how it is:
You're not one of us, not one of us
No, you're not one of us
Kay & I ditched the kids at home last night and went out to see Guys & Dolls. What a great show! I had forgotten how complex the music is, and just plain funny.
It is billed as a "musical fable of broadway". I remembered that a Christian worker is one of the lead roles, but I was still surprised to find that it was a powerful missional fable! (The strongest lines are missing from the film version; watch the play instead for the full missional punch.)
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Another iPod workout prayer. This one is practically my biography.
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There was a time as a little boy when I said I'd follow you
But the years have caused the flame to burn much stronger now
And I'm not burning down any of my bridges, but I'm burning up inside
To flee from my religion and love my neighbor more
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I was working out while listening to my iPod, when I was suddenly taken into a prayer for persistence:
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In your house I long to be
Room by room, patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
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