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| In with the nucleusI uncharacteristically switched blog sites a while ago. That link can be easily found by visiting my old blog, heybird.blogspot.com .
Oh, I'm such a tease.
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| Introspective SpeculationsShould we measure success in terms of money?
Oh, no, of course not. That's pointless. Right?
Well, cosmologically, it is of course ridiculous to think so. I've been wondering recently, however, if the modern church doesn't forgoe the power of money (used to further the kingdom) in favor of appearing more pious. It seems weird to think so, but instead of making a big show about giving a ton of money to the temple, we now seem just as satisfied to say "who needs money?"
That's not to say we haven't fouled it up both ways. It's certainly reached a level where we think that the mega-church has too much money to be humble and the tiny church doesn't need money to minister to its community.
And we don't, right? The Lord provides us with what we need, however little that may be. Money shouldn't be important to us.
However, against every inclination within me, I can't help wondering if we've extended this way of thinking too far. Take the classic "Daddy gets a promotion + more $$$ but he'll have to do job X now which is so much more ___ than his old job. He might have less free time or be more stressed."
Easy, right? Who needs more money? Not us! We'll even take a pay cut to be more Christian!
Certainly we cannot depend on money. That is obvious. God blessed good stewards with more money or power or whatever it might be, but only to serve him and his people better. This means, I think, that sometimes Daddy should take job X, even if it's harder and more demanding. In fact, I would even say that Daddy needs an extremely persuasive reason not to take it. Personaly happiness is all well and good, but being able to reach more people for the kingdon through job and salary advancement seems perfectly legitimate to me.
But, I've never been wealthy in any sense, so maybe I'm just deprived. Tell me if I am wrong, please.
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| Not My OwnI'm lost in the memory of a photograph
Somethin' you just said is gonna take me, take me back
To the pouring rain,
Coolin' off, a hot summer day
Wishing you were here or wishin' I could be there,
Captured by the thunder and the crack of electric air
In the pouring rain
Coolin' off a hot summer day
I feel time stand still
Underneath the oak tree by the tire swing
We pour two cups of lemonade and taste it like it was champagne
In the pouring rain
You say I wish I had a poem for such a time as this
I would like to see the effervescence of a kiss
In the pouring rain
I feel time stand still
Today was weird. Yesterday reminded me of old trips in high school, up to Turlock (don't ask) or over to Chicago Anyway, this CD is good. You should buy it.
Michelle Bloom: Fever and Unremembered Wings
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| JEW rocksLove that acronym.
Anywho, I finally got Jimmy's new album. I heard it was more "radio friendly" yesterday, and I guess I see what they mean. A little more pop-ish, less rough, shorter tracks, on the whole. But, it got me thinking - how did we get to defining music by generalizing it as "friendly" to a certain medium? The one comparison I thought of was Arrested Development, and how that would be considered perhaps television un-friendly, because of its subtextual humor and callbacks, among other things. It really annoys me, however, when music is evaluated, even in a casual way, on how "friendly" it is to a medium. Unless that medium is the only possible way to experience the product, it seems like a pointless evaluatory (50-cent word day) exercise.
Bottom line? I think what people mean to say when calling it "radio friendly" is that it appeals to a broader audience, because it shares a lot of musical elements with what is popular right now. Perhaps. But, having listened to the album, I can also say that it's certainly not true on the whole. So, even if the reviewers were meaning something else when they call it "radio friendly," it isn't even true to begin with.
So there, world.
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| I went to a Spanish chapel service this morning - that makes 29 for the semester.
I've never finished so early before - what should I use my last one on?
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