Hymn #101

This is just a well-written song. The whole thing. It's called "Hymn #101." Songwriters (this is Joe Pug) and songs like this don't come around all that often. Listen, you'll see what I mean.

I Can't Get No...

I'm never satisfied. It's a real disease.

I'm always trying to push things forward and do the most important thing ever in the history of the world. The problem is that what God has for me might not be that. It might just be to clean toilets or wash cars for the rest of my life. I need to be alright with that, but I'm usually not.

And when I try to make up something for myself to do that is the most important thing ever, it doesn't end up being the most important thing...ever. It's just a feeble attempt by me to be and feel important and useful.

The only reason I'm useful is because God says I am - because he made me to do something specific. If I do that, then I'll be doing the most important thing ever in the history of the world - being faithful to what God asks.

The Middle East - The Darkest Side

One of my favorite songs, probably of all time, words and all: "The Darkest Side" by The Middle East. I think they are describing love: "It's the darkest side of my heart that dies when you come to me/And it's the golden ticket I win when you kill my enemies...Oh, when I die I'm alive/When I lose I find my identity...Love, it was alive in the olden days/Been put to death in this golden age/By a color TV."

Beautiful.