Friday 13 December 2013

For the sun and rain shines on us all

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I saw Jesus in the street today. He wasn't your heavy metal Jesus, all girlie hair with a beard and tight trousers to show he's a man. He was a hip-hop hoodie with love scratched on arms walking like his hips were ships in a storm. And I knew a door had opened for me.


8 comments:

  1. Brian Miller14 December 2013 at 00:03

    hell yeah, i could get into a hip hop jesus...
    i think we would be really surprised if we really did see him...
    and not who we have made him out to be

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    1. John (@bookdreamer)19 December 2013 at 22:48

      You'll find Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture by Jaroslav Pelikan an interesting take on that thought!

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  2. G-Man14 December 2013 at 01:24

    Seek and ye shall find, knock and the door will be opened!!!
    I just love your Biblical/Urban Juxtaposition
    Loved your very cool 55
    Thanks for playing and sharing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  3. Tempest Nightingale LeTrope15 December 2013 at 19:24

    Excellent. I'm currently listening to some 90's house music. I know it's not exactly hip-hop, but the two are kind of cousins.

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  4. Margaret19 December 2013 at 22:42

    … I guess I'm a traditionalist - like my "girlie long-haired Jesus"… but we are all called "to be" Jesus - and we all express ourselves with different traditions, etc. Very interesting thought process this 55.

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    1. John (@bookdreamer)19 December 2013 at 22:53

      Thanks. I refer you to books such as these to figure out what is 'traditional'

      The Meaning of Jesus N.T. Wright
      The Changing Faces of Jesus Geza Vermes
      The Jesus Debate: Modern Historians Investigate the Life of Christ Mark Allan Powell
      Jesus and the Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians Timothy Freke

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