‘Tis 1am, and still hiked up from my busy day wrapping up my final project for my online distance learning class.
Here is a beautiful song I found on YouTube, reminiscent of early Kitaro. PersianWarrior1 has composed Dancing Stars and it is simply worth listening.
People are fragile things / you should know by now/be careful of what you put them through
I ended up listening to Editors’ Munich countless times the last two days. It’s the type of song that you listen to on a winter day outside, in a black coat. I’m looking forward to getting their The Back Room album soon, and I’ve got a tip that I should check out Interpol as well. Some speculate that Munich referred to the troubled history of the city, but actually it’s about relationships and the power games people play.
Funny how these lyrics fit ever since Symposia week, when I heard about how things went with former classmates and friends within Synod and outside. When you wonder whether one should add Catch 22 as part of the pastor’s library, that is when one should step back and think: Now, what is the Church for?
This week, several of my friends are heading out to the Synodical Convention in Houston. May God keep them safe on their journeys. And I hope that they remember what is really the Focus.
BTW: Professor Dale Hartmann is running for a Board of Regents seat in Concordia-Irvine. He is more than qualified to be there: he was one of the five Founding Fathers of the University and for over 25 years, he served the campus well. He is also a great friend as well. He was instrumental in my conversion to the Lutheran faith. He said to me: “Carol, when you worship, don’t leave your mind at the door.” He taught me that separating faith and reason is dangerous. Such a divorce is a false dichotomy.
So…if any of the delegates of the Convention are reading this, consider Dale. Tell him that Carol sends him greetings and lots of hugs and noogies.