“ Let
the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of
room
in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way”
Colossians 3:16-17 (MSG)
in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way”
Colossians 3:16-17 (MSG)
What
kind of music do you
listen to? Does
it in any way, shape of form train your ears, mind, heart and soul in the
direction of viewing other people as objects of your desire?
What
happens is this. The
moment your mind categorizes a person or group your mind also gives that
category a name. Now
persons are demoted to members of a category.
From there it’s a short step to adding a denigrating name to that
category. My
daughter recently read a book in which she learned that in WWII Jews were
referred to by Nazis as rats.
What
names does the music you listen to give to women and men?
Take a moment to list them.
Are women referred to by the “w” word or the “b” word?
Are people commodified into objects for personal need meeting?
List the names given to that?
It’s
not exactly news that human beings treat other human being according to how we
name them? (Hutus
called Tutsis “cockroaches” which helped them to legitimize the slaughter of
almost a million of them in only a month or two)
What
names do you give to members of the opposite sex?
How do those names help create or legitimize how you treat those persons?
Is it ever true that you treat some categories of people in different
ways according to your labeling system?
Do
you feel led to delete any songs from your ipod playlist?
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