things and other things

Yes, I watch American Idol.
And yes, I even watched bits and pieces of last week's "Idol Gives Back."
But I think the most shocking part of that night was not Michael Johns' elimination, but the fact that the top 8 sang "Shout to the Lord" that evening...
Sure, it was inspirational week. (by the way, what exactly does inspirational mean? one can be "inspired" by any number of things- not necessarily spiritual things)
so the idols dressed appropriately in all white belted out their version, or the producer's version of the song which included a new opening line: "My Shepherd, my Savior," as opposed to "My Jesus, my Savior." Hmmm... trying to make things more appealingly postmodern, aren't we?

I was pleasantly surprised that they were even bold enough to sing such a song, but somewhat disappointed that the name of Jesus was left out.
You see, my entire philosophy is that I have no high expectations, so even hearing them perform a worship song at all was encouraging. Cool.

Right on, AI. Or at least a step in the right direction.

Watch the performance

** in other news, i have papers upon papers to write, new music i've been listening to, and waiting with great anticipation for the movie BELLA to be released on dvd...