
God speaks in signs:
http://3dff.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=3258
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If I could live like that.
Finally, with a sigh of resignation, I decide to muster a mustard seed of hope that someone somewhere saw Rich for what he likely was: an apostle. I winced, and googled that unlikely combination of words.
The official result:
Your search - "rich mullins was an apostle" - did not match any documents.
Of course not.
Which is why he was.
Rich would undoubtedly be the first to deflect and deny it anyway.
Further evidence he was.
Brian Dodd again (just replace the word "apostle" with Rich Mullins. It works):
An “apostle” in the ancient world is simply someone who is sent (Greek: apostolos). An apostle was someone who was sent to conduct someone else’s business on their behalf. There was—originally speaking—nothing religious about them. They were normally an unvalued slave, who was expendable...
... If we practiced slavery like they did in the ancient world, when you said “apostle” today no one would think of the manager, owner or executive of a restaurant. They would think of the dishwashers and busboys. “Apostle” was not a claim to high status or authority, but a claim to low status and expendability. When you attached the words “of Christ” this communicated whose business and authority the apostle was operating under. Christ is the boss, he sent the apostle and, when the apostle speaks, he is merely the conduit.
It's "Tower of Song" by Leonard ("God is Alive")Cohen...even more haunting/daunting when performed by Cohen and U2 (Cohen: "Well, like the Talmud says, there's good wine in every generation." ): watch it here...
Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I’m crazy for love but I’m not coming on
I’m just paying my rent every day
In the tower of song
I said to Hank Williams, “How lonely does it get?”
Hank Williams hasn’t answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh a hundred floors above me
In the tower of song
I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the great beyond
Well they tied me to this table right here
In the tower of song
So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I’m very sorry, baby, doesn’t look like me at all
I’m standing by the window where the light is strong
Ah they don’t let a woman kill you
Not in the tower of song
Now you can say that I’ve grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there’s a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices
In the tower of song
I see you standing on the other side
Don’t know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back then
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
I feel so close to everything we’ve lost
We’ll never, we’ll never have to lose it again, oh, oh-oh
So I bid you farewell, I don’t know when I’ll be back
They’re moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you’ll be hearing from me baby, long after I’m gone
I’ll be speaking to you sweetly
From my window in the tower of song
Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I’m crazy for love but I’m not coming on
I’m just paying my rent every day
In the tower of song
Brian
brianjosephdodd@yahoo.com
1/13/2007
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Ever cussed at God? | Like anyone else honest, yeah.. Like some Bible pray-ers.. |
Ever streaked? | Sure...same year as two above ...No photos that I am aware of..but don't ask Mumbo Man |
Ever stolen? | Hostess Snowballs from Gong's Market as a kid...(amd a prayer, as St. Vincent Furnier did in the amazing song "Stolen Prayer" |
Worst sin you ever committed? | killed Jesus |
Cheated on a math test? | i don't think so...but i have a hilarious story about someone cheating off me in college math...They knew I was an "A" student..but didn't know I was not so in Math! |
Eaten guinea pig? | not sure...been to Peru twice so it's possible. I think Cathie Metz has. |
Which talk show host should interview Jesus? | Colbert, or Keltic Ken |
Predestination or free will? | yes |
Dance south of the equator? | i have and plan to again |
Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme? | since only KK in town, i'll choose that |
Hegel or Kierkegaard? | Tough..Both are informative...buy they had their differences. Probably the Dutch Dude by a hair..but a Hegelian synthesis of the two would be huge fun |
Batman or Superman? | Superman...but I have fond memories of the TV Batman...Oof! |
Guilty pleasure? | mindless pop music once every two years; Ray Bradbury |
AM or FM? | AM just to hear Keltic Ken, Tom Gonzales, or Bruce Hood on KRDU 1130; other than that: FM and BM in the PM |
Funny hospital stories? | as a pastor, yeah" I think a guy burned his hand trying to hide a lit cigarette from me; also: "accidentally" seeing hindquarters from those crazy hospital gowns. Rev Kev Clancey has the best story |
Regular or Decaff? | Come on, no contest. What's the point in decaff...that's Oxy the Moron |
Cheech or Chong? | both gifted with great voices in the old skits... Cheech as Sister Mary Elephant, maybe...and as the man talking to Jesus in "Welcome to Mexico" Chong as the character "Man." |
Backmasking memory? | Sey |
First crush? | Mom |
Last wine? | Last Sunday @worship (what kind of church do you think we are)...but it was stale, eh, Ken? |
Bath or shower? | Sometimes...more than Rich Mullins...ok, ok: shower |
Next US state to visit? | Washington (to scout out church plant with Kev, maybe...and because it's one of the few states...besides sanity...I've not visited) |
What's on your bedside table? | Bible, 17 books, flashlight, 3 magazines, pencil, 53 cents, an Israeli Shekel, a cat, Kleenex w/booger |
Desk: Piles or files? | Tohu Bohu |
Email or MySpace mail? | Like many, I now get more MySpace mail than old-fashioned e-mail....as far as personal messages.. I guess email is so "last millenium" (remember pay phones? Beta video? Adam Ant?) |
How well can you do that under-the-armpit noise? | better than you...more musically than your mom |
Spiritual gifts? | pastoring (one hopes), compassion (need more), discernment |
Car? | Toyota Corolla..not matter what Pastor Scott thinks |
If you could have just one Old Testament book? | Isaiah.. |
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