Tuesday, February 07, 2006
This is cheating, since I didn't write this. But I don't care. ACTUALLY, this is DOUBLE cheating, since I didn't even write the last two sentences, but got them from here. Yea Em for this blog. Curteously of Sojourners Magazine, some notes by a man I admire, and whose music I love.
And, to quote Em, "I won't feel bad if you're not into reading/commenting on what the lead singer of U2 has to say about poverty, tithing, scripture, and the place of God's law in our world... But in case you find yourself intrigued, read on"
If you're wondering what I'm doing here, at a prayer breakfast, well, so am I. I'm certainly not here as a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is leather. It's certainly not because I'm a rock star. Which leaves one possible explanation: I'm here because I've got a messianic complex.
Yes, it's true. And for anyone who knows me, it's hardly a revelation.
Well, I'm the first to admit that there's something unnatural...something unseemly...about rock stars mounting the pulpit and preaching at presidents, and then disappearing to their villas in the south of France. Talk about a fish out of water. It was weird enough when Jesse Helms showed up at a U2 concert...but this is really weird, isn't it?
You know, one of the things I love about this country is its separation of church and state. Although I have to say: in inviting me here, both church and state have been separated from something else completely: their mind.
Mr. President, are you sure about this?
It's very humbling and I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned - I'm Irish...
(Read the rest by clicking the link below)
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=sojomail.display&issue=060203
