Category: Music

the whimsy

I have been enjoying Bridgerton. It is a little what I imagine Kierkegaard’s Copenhagen would have looked like. The whole series is a little what I imagine Soren and Regina were like.

Anyway, the music in Bridgerton is so cool – especially the classical covers of modern hits. So enjoy this one!

more?

I heard this song in the car on the way home from youth last night. I remember listening to it on repeat about this time last year. I was thinking it was a good(ish) Easter song!

I was thinking (in the car) that it is one thing to say you desire only Jesus (for the exclusion of others) and actually living it. I guess that is why it is a “sacrifice” in the Romans 12 sense?! And, in being alone for Jesus only, to love people for themselves and not for their usefulness.

I think it is Cassian who talks about the motivation behind people joining religious communities. Some for fear of the past (penitence), some waiting for a future (salvation), and a small number for the love of God now.

I was thinking that the desire to be alone can come from very selfish motivation. Either I am so bad that no one wants to be with me or I am so good that no one can come close to me. I often do things for completely wrong motives, even the good ones. How do I desire Jesus alone in a real sense in reality?

I am happiest alone: reading, praying, thinking. I have really discovered that in the last month or so. It makes me act different around people. (Ok, even more awkward than usual!) But is that self-defence because of chemicals in my brain or is it a spiritual calling?

alone?

I have been listening to Poor Bishop Hooper for a while and I am not sure if I love it or hate it. Anyway!?

I like this song. I like the images and they fit well into what I have been feeling and thinking. So enjoy!

wish you were here

This is my “goto” album when I am finding life hard. The longer songs, the emotional memory, the “sing-along” effect of the album all add to its significance. It was the first album I ever purchased as a very young boy and it has stayed with me most of my life.

I have often wondered who I wish were here?! I have no answer. But when I listen and close my eyes I am taken somewhere else for a few moments. And that is why I like the album.

music

I have not shared any music lately. To be honest, I have struggled to get through the day and music has been background noise at best. I have not been connecting to anything or anyone in the last couple of weeks.

I especially this:

The more I’m leaning
The more I’m flying
Feels less like dying
More like living for Heaven on Earth

Come Jesus

I am not sure how I missed this during Advent! I love Wilder Adkins and his sound. Waiting was our Advent theme and it spoke to me in a number of different ways. And this song would have been nice for Advent. Oh well, better late then never.