Jesus and politics

posted: 14 Mar 2007 comments: 0category:

imga0898.jpg Excuse me Lord, but with all this politicking going on at Westminster, someone asked me, what way you would vote ? Got me thinking Do you expect your disciples to get involved with politics? Mind you, the first lot were - involved? Judas was a right zealot. He wanted you to declare UDI. The apostles were a mixed bag, the brothers James and John, they believed you could have taken over the government. They wanted to be your right hand men, when you...
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On the street

posted: 13 Mar 2007 comments: 1category:

dsc00005.jpg The whole "On the Street" worship idea is based around the thought that life itself is lived out on the street. If we are going to connect with the world around us as Christians we need to open our eyes and see what is on the street. The church needs to once again get out there where the people are living, moving breathing, working, playing, being. I guess that is what Jesus did and ended up being called the friend of sinners. Faith has to be at street level or it is...
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Friday Night.

posted: 13 Mar 2007 comments: 0category:

iquitos It's true what they say songs take on a life of their own. If you are a songwriter you always have to be prepared to give it away. In reality it never belongs to you in the first place. Many people contribute to the ideas that make up a song. A few years ago I wrote this song after hearing a story Willie MacPherson told me. He was describing the above shanty town known as Port of Belen built on a sewer that serves the city of Iquitos deep in the Amazonian Jungle. I was...
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Living in Oblivion

posted: 13 Mar 2007 comments: 0category:

Most people just live their lives oblivious to the reality of the world that is all around them. We drive past so many things of beauty and worth. My wife Martha is continually encouraging me to get out of the car and start walking. She's right. When you take to the streets you see things that you've never noticed before. It's the same with our spiritual journey. When we start walking through our lives at a slower pace we find ourselves being confronted with ideas that...
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Commitment there's a word

posted: 13 Mar 2007 comments: 0category:

money.jpg Lord, Can I talk to you a bit more about commitment? What exactly would you say Makes a good disciple? I guess its about Keeping the rules Attending church every Sunday Praying a lot? Keeping the Ten Commandments? Is it actually true That you once asked a guy to sell up everything he owned And give all the money he made to the poor? That must have taken some nerve? I mean to ask someone to sell all their possession It gives a whole new meaning to the...
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Sometimes you can't see you've changed

posted: 13 Mar 2007 comments: 0category:

imga02801.jpg Its a funny old world, they say you become more conservative as you get older. I think it's happening the other way round for me. It's not that I'm buying into the trendy political morality of 21st century Blairite Britain. I just think that it is important to constantly reflect upon the way things are now rather than the way things used to be. Nuclear weapons is an example. I could just about understand why successive governments during the cold war advocated the...
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A Black Vincent.

posted: 12 Mar 2007 comments: 0category:

vincent1.jpg 1952 Black Vincent Lord, I visited the Museum of Modern Art yesterday, in New York! Now there's a place, to make you feel small. Buildings towering over you. Anyway, I was amazed at the things I saw. All man- made! There was a Vincent all black and shiny. No wonder Mollie took a ride on it. We humans have an amazing eye for design. We just love. Making things, making things work, making things look good, making things to please, making...
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