My friend Christian Scharen spoke at church this morning about the music of U2 and their remarkable ability to penetrate our culture with a Gospel message of hope and healing. Chris wrote a cool book on Brazos Press titled One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to People Seeking God. He led us through a Video Divina. Wonderful!! Chris is the Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at the Yale Divinity School where he teaches practical theology as well. It was quite moving to watch some of the videos of U2 performing with the names of 9/11 victims scrolling behind them. We had 3 or 4 people in the congregation today who lost brothers, fathers, cousins and boyfriends in the Twin Towers...stirring to say the least.
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