Comments for Theology and Culture: a theoblog for creativity, pop culture and God stuff http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog kicking at the darkness till it bleeds daylight… Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:42:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Good Friday: Poetry for reflection from Auden, Berry, Cairns and Levertov by Alan Smith http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2011/04/good-friday-poetry-for-reflection-from-auden-berry-cairns-and-levertov/#comment-2528 Alan Smith Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=758#comment-2528 G.A. STUDDERT KENNEDY’S “IT IS FINISHED” (“The Unutterable Beauty”, available on the Internet,) Surpasses all of these, to me.

]]> Comment on Top 10 Albums of 2012 by Aaron Willett http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/top-10-albums-of-2012/#comment-2526 Aaron Willett Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:42:13 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1396#comment-2526 Always love your list and your thoughts, though do I think Imagine Dragons deserve at least an honorable mention.

]]> Comment on Top 10 Albums of 2012 by Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings: 2012 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/top-10-albums-of-2012/#comment-2525 Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings: 2012 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:32:34 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1396#comment-2525 [...] more on Leonard Cohen’s record and much more, read Jeff Keuss’s list of the best music of 2012. (Okay, he likes Mumford & Sons, but he’s my friend, so give him a [...]

]]> Comment on Top 10 Albums of 2012 by Blair Bertrand http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/top-10-albums-of-2012/#comment-2524 Blair Bertrand Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:04:21 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1396#comment-2524 I always appreciate your writing about music. Thanks for taking the time to think and process all of this music

When you limit yourself to 10 albums you will always miss something. When you limit yourself to albums you miss something but we’ve had the albums vs. singles discussion before. Here is a list of “international” (not Canadian) tunes I’ve been playing and thinking about. Sometimes they really are singles and other times they come from albums worth having. Not commentary at this point, just a list:

King and Lionheart, Of Monsters and Men; I Will Wait, Mumford & Sons; Big Parade, The Lumineers; Heaven, The Walkmen; Animal Life, Shearwater; Rhiannon, Best Coast; Take a Walk, Passion Pit; Some Nights, fun.; Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert), Macklemore and Ryan Lewis; Guttersnipe, Bhi Bhiman; Let Her Go, Passenger;Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye; Tessellate, Alt-J; Angels, The xx; All The Rowboats, Regina Spektor; Runaways, The Killers; We Take Care Of Our Own, Bruce Springsteen; Hold On, Alabama Shakes; Sixteen Saltines, Jack White

]]> Comment on Gun Amnesty Sunday = Mary’s Sunday : a call to churches for the 3rd Sunday of Advent by senseijfk http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/gun-amnesty-sunday-marys-sunday-a-call-to-churches-for-the-3rd-sunday-of-advent/#comment-2523 senseijfk Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:43:22 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-2523 Thanks for your comments, Bob. I suppose we all have opinions on this troubling topic. I am not sure that our right to bear arms helped the situation at Sandy Point nor do I have the power to see all possible outcomes of what would happen if people chose to lay down their guns. I suppose I am hopeful. All I am advocating is a space for people – like yourself – who are uncomfortable with having a gun in their home to have a way of letting go of it. Some people never will and perhaps that is just way the way of things. But if there is someone in our community who wants a way to let go of their fear that is tied to gun ownership, can’t the church at least offer a space to do that? Is that truly the dumbest idea – e notion of creating space for release for those who want it?

]]> Comment on Gun Amnesty Sunday = Mary’s Sunday : a call to churches for the 3rd Sunday of Advent by Bob http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/gun-amnesty-sunday-marys-sunday-a-call-to-churches-for-the-3rd-sunday-of-advent/#comment-2522 Bob Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:28:13 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-2522 This is one of the dumbest ideas I have ever hears. I am not a gun owner and don’t feel comfortable owning a gun. But this idea that people should turn their guns in is just plain stupid. Do you really think that criminals will turn their guns in? There is no way that they will. What this does is leave law abiding citizens (who will turn their guns in at your request) vulnerable to criminals. This idea leaves an open door for more situations like the one we saw in CT. A criminal can without fear walk into a mall, school or any other place knowing that there is no danger to him because all the idiotic citizens have turn their guns in. The fact is the states that have passes laws favoring concealed weapon carry permits have seen a decrease in crime by around 30%. Criminals have to think twice before committing a crime because you never know who has a weapon. If we all turn in our guns criminals have nothing to fear.

]]> Comment on Top 10 Albums of 2012 by senseijfk http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/top-10-albums-of-2012/#comment-2521 senseijfk Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:28:54 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1396#comment-2521 Oh Anna… how right you are! I am adding it to my honorable mentions right now!

]]> Comment on In that first breath of a new class: a professor’s thoughts standing at the podium on day one by Dave Wainscott http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/09/in-that-first-breath-of-a-new-class-a-professors-thoughts-standing-at-the-podium-on-day-1/#comment-2520 Dave Wainscott Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:18:20 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1349#comment-2520 incredibly moving. i can relate. But in true poetic/.prophetic fashion, you spoke for me words I didn’t know I had in me,

]]> Comment on Top 10 Albums of 2012 by Anna Miller http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2012/12/top-10-albums-of-2012/#comment-2519 Anna Miller Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:09:02 +0000 http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/?p=1396#comment-2519 You missed ‘City Lights’ by Eric Miller….=)

]]> Comment on Don Vermilyea Is “Walking America For Jesus”…21 States & Counting by Helena http://www.jeffkeuss.com/blog/2005/04/don-vermilyea-is-walking-america-for-jesus21-states-counting/#comment-2518 Helena Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:31:04 +0000 http://senseijfk.wordpress.com/2005/04/13/don-vermilyea-is-walking-america-for-jesus21-states-counting/#comment-2518 My uncle Don is amazing. To hear his stories…..it’s a gift.

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