Lonely voice in the Wilderness... (esp. Cant and Sher)

[Amy Sweet]

I've really always loved this song.

But I heard it yesterday, and for some reason the first person that popped into my head was cantdog. and also shereads. People who seem like lonely voices in the wilderness sometimes.

One hand
Reaches out
And pulls a lost soul from harm
While a thousand more go unspoken for
They say what good have you done
By saving just this one
It's like whispering a prayer
In the fury of a storm

And I hear them saying you'll never change things
And no matter what you do it's still the same thing
But it's not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world will know
That it will not change me

This heart
Still believes
The love and mercy still exist
While all the hatred rage and so many say
That love is all but pointless in madness such as this
It's like trying to stop a fire
With the moisture from a kiss

And I hear them saying you'll never change things
And no matter what you do it's still the same thing
But it's not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world will know
That it will not change me

As long as one heart still holds on
Then hope is never really gone

I hear them saying you'll never change things
And no matter what you do it's still the same thing
But it's not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world we know
Never changes me

What I do is so
This world will know
That it will not change me

(Garth Brooks. The Change. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/garthbrooks/thechange.html)

 

[Amy Sweet]

 

[shereads]

There are worse things than losing an election. One of them is losing sight of what it was about in the first place. When Democrats start believing that we need to become more like Republicans so we can hold power at their sides, the country will have lost its heart.

SnP, do read Keillor's book if you get a chance. He's such a good voice for the American left: witty without Franken's sarcasm; angry without Michael Moore's bitterness. Most important of all, he reminds us that liberalism isn't weakness, it's compassion. A more American value than anything we're seeing from the fear-mongers in power now.

He considers himself a Christian, and has this to say about the religious right:

"Republicans talk about putting God back into the public schools, as if God is a small plaster icon and not the Creator of the Universe. Republicans are big on public prayer - 'Pharisee prayer' - which is really nothing more than a political speech directed at God.

"Most Americans say they believe in God. A lot of people want to believe, and want to be in the company of believers, so they say they believe. But believing is hard. It's especially hard to be a Republican and believe in Christ's admonition to love your neighbor as you love yourself...to give up all your worldly goods if you would follow Him.

"Some of them have become so twisted with guilt and shame because of their unwillingness to follow Christ, that they devote themselves to punishing their fellow non-believers."

That's as credible an explanation of Bush, Ashcroft, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Dr. Bob Jones III as any I've heard.

 

[Amy Sweet]

SnP, do read Keillor's book if you get a chance. He's such a good voice for the American left: witty without Franken's sarcasm; angry without Michael Moore's bitterness. Most important of all, he reminds us that liberalism isn't weakness, it's compassion. A more American value than anything we're seeing from the fear-mongers in power now.

He considers himself a Christian, and has this to say about the religious right:

"Some of them have become so twisted with guilt and shame because of their unwillingness to follow Christ, that they devote themselves to punishing their fellow non-believers."

That's as credible an explanation of Bush, Ashcroft, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Dr. Bob Jones III as any I've heard.

What's that book called Sher?

 

[Pure]

Perhaps it's

Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America

by Garrison Keillor