I could hear the church bells ringing
They pealed aloud your praise
The member’s faces were smiling
With their hands outstretched to shake
It’s true they did not move me
My heart was hard and tired
Their perfect fire annoyed me
I could not find you anywhere
Could someone please tell me the story
Of sinners ransomed from the fall
I still have never seen [...]
Tags: David Bazan, ivi, Tónleikur, trúgv
Her er eitt áhugavert kjak ímillum sekulera jödan Daniel Radosh, sum skrivaði “Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture” (ein orduliga feit bók!) og ein annan. Daniel sigur kristnan rokk stinka fyri tað mesta, men at har eru nógv sera feit undantók meðan hin sigur kristnan rokk vera ein sjálvmótsögn. Sera [...]
Tags: Tónleikur
Infinities of space and time. Melody fragments;
music of compassion, noise of enchantment.
Among the inner parts something open,
something wild, a long rumor of wisdom
keeps winding into each tune: cantus firmus,
fierce vigil of contingency, loves congruence.
- Micheal O’Siadhail
Yrkingin er tikin úr Resounding Truth hjá Jeremy Begbie, professara í gudfröði í St. Andrews. Ein kapitull er at lesa á [...]
“Foregone Conclusions” hjá Pedro The Lion:
You were too busy steering the conversation toward the Lord
To hear the voice of the Spirit to shut the fuck up.
You thought it must be the Devil trying to make you go astray
Besides it couldn’t have been the Lord, since you don’t believe he talks that way.
Tags: David Bazan, Tónleikur
…er Stryper dagur á Hugsandi trúgvandi! Eg minnist enn fyrstu ferð, eg sá eina Stryper fløgu. Tað var In God We Trust og eg var orduliga imponeraður av at kvinnur kundu syngja í rokk bólkum. Eg helt Michael Sweet æt Michelle Sweet (eg var 8-9 ára gamal – eg dugdi ikki so væl enskt!) og [...]