Comments on: Jeff Buckley and the unexplainable.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:40:00 +0000

Just thought I’d pass on that there’s a short story called “The Baptism of Jeff Buckley” that appeared recently:

http://www.marckbeggs.com/ALF/2008/monk.htm

By: Veronica Harmonica

Veronica Harmonica — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:10:00 +0000

This is rad except that I kept waiting for a punchline.
Then I just felt like a jerk at the end when I realized I wanted to laugh instead of being moved by all the inspiration you were dishing out!

By: nessie

nessie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:53:00 +0000

That 'unexplainable' (inexplicable?) thing about those musicians? I'm reading a book called This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, by Daniel Levitin, and the idea is that when you take away all the shiny thing – the technical ability, the physical show, the learning and showmanship – what you have is something that can't be learned (and isn't taught) in music school. Because our bodies, and so our genes (and so God's selection that makes me, me, and you, you) sometimes are different in a way that makes it possible for us to be different in a way that seems impossible means we are LITERALLY created different, to do different things. That is the you beyond the way you look, or the hours you spend polishing your performance. Just being the you God made you to be > we were all created to be that.

WV: ruder – hey!

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:41:00 +0000

Incredible.

By: Sheraline

Sheraline — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Well said.

I'm new here and I just had to say that I always hold a great deal of appreciation for those whose words can remind me yet again of a truth I already know and perhaps have forgotten or abandoned in some way.

Thank you.
Look forward to reading more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Francis Chan wrote “something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers,” which is completely true. But sometimes they don’t even make sense to other believers. Let’s just hope you don’t face the situation where side hugs are free and leg drops are expensive.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:10:00 +0000

These posts are great, but it’s not really Stuff Christians Like anymore. They’re just kind of mildly funny devotionals. I kind of miss the posts about plain and simple stuff like bootleg cookies and M.C. Hammer songs.

By: I.H.S.

I.H.S. — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:05:00 +0000

That was great. Thanks.

Blessings.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:54:00 +0000

Mary Oliver has a poem entitled, "What There is Beyond Knowing" that ends with these lines -

"What I know
I could put into a pack

as if it were bread and cheese, and carry it
on one shoulder,

important and honorable, but so small!
While everything else continues, unexplained

and unexplainable. How wonderful it is."

Good thoughts for a new year.

Jim

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Good post Jon.

Reminds me of a story my old Pastor tells of a meeting he had once with a young man who, when asked what problems he thought he had, replied: I worry that enough people don't dislike me.

In other words, that he would be more concerned with people LIKING him instead of him doing God's will which often results in people not liking him.

WV: reekies: what teen boys' sneakers get after a few months of after basketball practice.