Not much time for posting today. I’ve got separate lunch and afternoon coffee dates today with two young men whom I am privileged to mentor, and then it’s off to church to participate in this year’s "Fast Relief" to raise funds for Episcopal Relief and Development. "Fast Relief" is the All Saints answer to World Vision’s successful "30-Hour Famine Program".
Frankly, I’d be just as happy to continue to raise money for World Vision. But the folks who know better than I thought that our efforts ought to be going directly towards a specifically Anglican relief agency. I understand that sentiment, but I am also saddened by it. I confess that I prefer multidenominational relief agencies to the ones that are created by very specific churches. What does it say about the body of Christ that the Presbyterians, the Catholics, the Episcopalians, the Lutherans, the Baptists, and so forth all need to have their own unique organizations for helping the poor and needy? I like World Vision precisely because of its inclusiveness of folks from both evangelical and mainline backgrounds in its work, and though I honor the fine efforts of Episcopal Relief and Development, I’m not at all sure that denominationally-specific agencies are doing much to create ecumenical unity and understanding.
But I’ll be fasting for thirty hours alongside my kids, and doing so with resolve, prayer, humor, and enthusiasm!
And here are the Friday random ten on our Itunes. Read and shudder. I think I’m headed for a new level of "uncoolness."
1. "Hallelujah", Ryan Adams
2. "Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now", Jefferson Airplane (or Starship, or whatever)
3. "Caught Up", Usher
4. "Make Me Lose Control", Eric Carmen
5. "I’m Gonna Be an Engineer", Jane Sapp and Pete Seeger
6. "The Road Goes on Forever", Robert Earl Keen
7. "You’re Crazy", Guns n’ Roses
8. "Time will Reveal", DeBarge and Stevie Wonder
9. "A Dios le Pido", Juanes
10. "Two More Bottles of Wine", Emmylou Harris
Bonus Track: "His Grace is Sufficient", Jennifer Knapp.
Based on titles alone, it’s not a bad soundtrack for my life. Way to go, Party Shuffle! (I suppose if it were truly autobiographical, I would arrange the songs differently. If you’re interested, it would be 8,5,3,4,10,7, Bonus Track,9,1,2,6. That took me a fun five minutes to figure out! Off to meet Richard for Thai food, and to start my fast thereafter…)
Don’t worry, Hugo. As I’ve learned in my constant re-shuffling, there’s always a new plateau of uncoolness (I discovered this when Hall & Oates showed up as the first song on my site’s main list). This is from the abbreviated work Dell DJ:
1. She’s Come Undone (The Zombies) / 2. I’m Depending on You (Otis Redding) / 3. 1984 (David Bowie) / 4. Luck of Lucien (A Tribe Called Quest) / 5. Wipeout (Meat Puppets) / 6. Thursday (Morphine) / 7. Television Man (Man or Astroman?) / 8. A House in the Country (The Kinks) / 9. Dirt (Death in Vegas) / 10. Power to the People (The Chi-Lites)
Well, we have Hall and Oates lurking somewhere… nice list, Norbizness.
Oh, Hugo.
Starship? Starship???
Juanes??!!! lol… no, no, actually I have to admit I have a coupla Juanes cds too and I actually really like that song.
Ah, Hugo, it’s you Protestants and your persistent clinging to heresy that ruins ecumenism and unity.
But we’ll wait. After all, Resistance … is futile …