Comments on: God in the magazine http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/ A blog by Erica Schemper Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:41:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Erica http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-3305 Erica Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:08:07 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-3305 I've got it for you, Joanne. (And, you're right--I think Parade got the verse reference wrong.) It's from Matthew 5, and I think he meant verse 27. "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" I've been thinking even more about this passage lately. It really does seem like a passage and a word for our times. I’ve got it for you, Joanne. (And, you’re right–I think Parade got the verse reference wrong.)
It’s from Matthew 5, and I think he meant verse 27.
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

I’ve been thinking even more about this passage lately. It really does seem like a passage and a word for our times.

]]> By: joanne http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-3304 joanne Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:25:58 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-3304 i've been looking for the exact bible segment that stephen colbert paraphrased, and i cannot find it. can anyone help? i’ve been looking for the exact bible segment that stephen colbert paraphrased, and i cannot find it. can anyone help?

]]> By: ppb http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-1968 ppb Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:28:20 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-1968 I think Peter Gomes is hilarious, too. I heard him speak at Yale where he started his lecture by saying, "I bring you greetings from your elder siblings in Cambridge. We've all been anxious to see how the little experiment in New Haven would turn out." I'll have to look for the Colbert article. It sounds great. I think Peter Gomes is hilarious, too. I heard him speak at Yale where he started his lecture by saying, “I bring you greetings from your elder siblings in Cambridge. We’ve all been anxious to see how the little experiment in New Haven would turn out.”

I’ll have to look for the Colbert article. It sounds great.

]]> By: Katherine http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-1962 Katherine Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:48:09 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2007/09/25/god-in-the-magazine/#comment-1962 Yay! I love this post so much. I was also duly impressed with the piece on Stephen Colbert, and I think you nailed his mission to a T. And I'm also a fan of preaching and teaching biblical eschatology. My favorite band, Over the Rhine, has made a practice of writing songs that are full of eschatological themes, and in a nuanced, biblically-sound way that rarely happens in pop culture. These are the lyrics to their most recent apocalyptic pop song: The Trumpet Child The trumpet child will blow his horn Will blast the sky till it’s reborn With Gabriel’s power and Satchmo’s grace He will surprise the human race The trumpet he will use to blow Is being fashioned out of fire The mouthpiece is a glowing coal The bell a burst of wild desire The trumpet child will riff on love Thelonious notes from up above He’ll improvise a kingdom come Accompanied by a different drum The trumpet child will banquet here Until the lost are truly found A thousand days, a thousand years Nobody knows for sure how long The rich forget about their gold The meek and mild are strangely bold A lion lies beside a lamb And licks a murderer’s outstretched hand The trumpet child will lift a glass His bride now leaning in at last His final aim to fill with joy The earth that man all but destroyed *** Ooooh, gives me chills every time. Sorry to hijack your comments!! Yay! I love this post so much. I was also duly impressed with the piece on Stephen Colbert, and I think you nailed his mission to a T.

And I’m also a fan of preaching and teaching biblical eschatology. My favorite band, Over the Rhine, has made a practice of writing songs that are full of eschatological themes, and in a nuanced, biblically-sound way that rarely happens in pop culture. These are the lyrics to their most recent apocalyptic pop song:

The Trumpet Child

The trumpet child will blow his horn
Will blast the sky till it’s reborn
With Gabriel’s power and Satchmo’s grace
He will surprise the human race

The trumpet he will use to blow
Is being fashioned out of fire
The mouthpiece is a glowing coal
The bell a burst of wild desire

The trumpet child will riff on love
Thelonious notes from up above
He’ll improvise a kingdom come
Accompanied by a different drum

The trumpet child will banquet here
Until the lost are truly found
A thousand days, a thousand years
Nobody knows for sure how long

The rich forget about their gold
The meek and mild are strangely bold
A lion lies beside a lamb
And licks a murderer’s outstretched hand

The trumpet child will lift a glass
His bride now leaning in at last
His final aim to fill with joy
The earth that man all but destroyed
***

Ooooh, gives me chills every time. Sorry to hijack your comments!!

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