{"id":77,"date":"2008-09-21T14:55:29","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/nsftmfx\/?p=77"},"modified":"2023-08-27T05:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T09:58:47","slug":"titus-215-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/nsftmfx\/2008\/09\/21\/titus-215-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Titus 2:15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every now &amp; again everyone has that moment where they come across something that fits so perfectly into themselves that they wonder why they hadn&#8217;t discovered it sooner &#8212; it almost makes you question chance, question karma or dharma or whichever one applies here, almost makes you question your own spiritual inclinations, stand up &amp; say, &#8220;Right!\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Right!<\/em> Why now!\u00c2\u00a0 Goodness.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Today has got to be one of those days, this afternoon has got me singin&#8217; &#8220;Oh Lawdy yes!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because I started out my day folded knock-kneed on my front porch steps picking my ukulele with the crack along the back &amp; humming &#8220;I Want to Sing that Rock N Roll&#8221; &amp; because I have slipped this disc into my computer &amp; I don&#8217;t even need an entire first listen to make me grin, make me shake &amp; make me love.\u00c2\u00a0 Because this woman, this Gillian Welch, her absence has been felt unconciously I&#8217;m sure, &amp; this is it for me.\u00c2\u00a0 This is where it fits, this is where my days should be heading.\u00c2\u00a0 This woman, this singer songwriter banjo picker six string strummer muted cap-slapper, it begins &amp; ends with this music right here.\u00c2\u00a0 So forgive me while I wax bloggingly &amp; share with you these tunes of my recent months.\u00c2\u00a0 Do not pray for affectation, it slips in un-noticed.<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to be a Welch fan prematurely or with immediacy, you just need your attention re-tuned and your patience drawn out and flexed.\u00c2\u00a0 Take a seat, take a listen.\u00c2\u00a0 Take a mug, take a sip, &#8216;lectrify your soul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Red Clay Halo&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch &amp; David Rawlings\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7knB3VtAqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I Want to Sing that Rock N Roll&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gillian Welch &amp; David Rawlings - Sing That Rock &#039;n Roll\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AchmYEqztWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Caleb Meyer&#8221; (for the headbangers?)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caleb Meyer - Gillian Welch &amp; David Rawlings\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nugXkgd_-84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Time (the Revelator)&#8221; (what an interview!)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lo-xdqz4ryc<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Annabelle&#8221; (if educational powerpoints are your thing)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gillian Welch, Annabelle, A Study Of American Sharecroppers\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceDxO50GVes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nothing more to say, I am impressed beyond my ages, beyond my vocabulary.\u00c2\u00a0 Instant timeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you. 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