title: hanging out the wash
larry norman died yesterday. for better or worse, he is largely to blame for "christian music"... although his relationship with ccm has always been contentious. regardless, he kept it real his entire life and finally died after many years of illness. i have a "fish" pendant my dad got at one of norman's first shows back in the day. thanks for the music larry.
recently watched the latest cohen brothers film, "no country for old men." i liked it very much and this is not a review, suffice to say, it is a beautifully made film entertaining themes of greed, violence, fate... and grace. i was struck with three scenes in it that seemed to be linked- all of them involved a "good samaritan" situation where there was a party in need and a party moved by human compassion. in each of the scenes, the one in need of help jockeyed for power by offering the other person multiple hundred-dollar bills in recompense for what the person was already moved to do out of kindness. the impact of the decision is obvious- somehow, the "good samaritan" becomes less good because their helping impulse has been given a price. the question now becomes how one can raise the price and exploit the situation. a tag-line on some posters for the film reads, "you can't stop what's coming"- well... unless its grace.
our lovely and quirky little faith community is entering cyberspace on a serious level for the first time... we launched this baby only yesterday. swing by and check us out!
