Houses of Worship as Shelters from the Storms...of Life...
PROPOSED: That popular music might be effective in drawing some new folks into houses of worship…including the least, lost and lonely...the ragged people who live in the poorer quarters...on the other side of the tracks...
This post originated after my family texted earlier about church attendance and collection plate numbers... and how with the influx of new people moving into warmer climates, they're chopping down trees to build new houses...and displacing the local wildlife...
MUSICAL ALTAR CALLS...
Here’s one that addresses the loss of natural spaces and would be good for next weekend’s Earth Day sermons:
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (Official Lyric Video)
Comments on the new subdivision in town...
Regarding the family text comments about the animals having no place to go after man displaces them with developments… Read on...
Why, aren't our sanctuaries supposed to be places that welcome saints and sinners…otherwise...
See "Rahab" below for an example...
And also this tax collector...
The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun (Music Video) [4K HD]
I dig their organ’s version of VOX Domini…(Latin for "voice of the Lord")
Here's another...
This is actually an image of Archbishop Randall Adler on a music CD. He was once the Primate of the Charismatic Episcopal Church that we were part of for many years…
SHELTERS FROM THE STORMS
These spiritual way stations were originally placed to help wayfarers who've lost their way...either temporarily...or because they've yet to find it...
"Come in, we'll give you shelter from the storm..."
St.Vincent - Clip "Bill Murray canta Shelter from the Storm di Bob Dylan" (02:38)
Shelter from the Storm-Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead -live Oakland 1987 (05:04)
"Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh Avenue
I do declare
There were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there..."
Paul Simon - The Boxer (with Bob Weir) – Outside Lands 2019, San Francisco (08:29)
Why look what we have here...a lady of the night that's entering Paradise...
Rahab and the Spies (Joshua 2) (03:21)
WAYWARD SONS...AND DAUGHTERS...
"Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more no!
Carry on
You will always remember
Carry on
Nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you"
Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son (Official Video) (05:23)
The Rolling Stones - Prodigal Son (Official Lyric Video) (02:52)
To help you prepare for this next bodacious ode...Read on...
...If you've been following your BASE instincts, falling for all the SNARES of life, getting stuck in BOTTLENECKS, yielding to SAXual temptations...do not FRET...there's hope!!!
Listen in...These musical magicians can raise the DEAD...
Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son (Live in studio) (05:52)
Non-Sequitur...but Funny...
#music #humor #TheAnimals #prostitutes #spies #saints #sinners #CEC #JoniMitchell #WilliamBendix #PaulSimon #BobWeir #BillMurray #Kansas #RollingStones #RyCooder