A mix of Music and Thoughts

Something a little different today. I ran across several YouTube type videos this afternoon that I thought I would pass on for your attention:

Neighbors -- Take a look at this great story. Isn't it wonderfull when someone puts the other person first?

How Firm a Foundation -- This is a video of someone playing this hymn on a different kind of instrument (I'm sure someone reading this will be able to tell me what KIND of instrument that it is.) It sounds very West Virginian to me.

Down to the River -- I visited a church today to do a short presentation. During the service a sweet baby named Rachel was baptized. On the way to our church for a goodbye luncheon for our pastors, I played this song on the iPod.

Summer in the City -- How about this video of this song from the 60's? Do I have the decade wrong?

Friday Five -- From RevGalBlogPals...the Friday Five.

Think summer......are you there? Below you will find five words or phrases. Tell us the first thing you think of on reading each one. Your response might be simply another word, or it might be a sentence, a poem, a memory, a recipe, or a story. You get the idea:

1. rooftop -- For some reason, rooftop gardens came to mind. They sound very romantic and fun, but I imagine if we had one, I would not be spending much time in the garden. I hate to be hot!
2. gritty -- Beach, but I love it anyway.
3. hot town (yeah, I know, it's two words) -- New Orleans. Talk about a hot town. Steve and I visited several years ago in June. Hot.
4. night -- Fireflies. It's a cool thing, to be able to sit outside on a summer evening and watch the fireflies blinking on and off.
5. dance

I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth,
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
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Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
But they would not dance and they would not follow me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came to me and the dance went on.

Refrain

I danced on the sabbath when I cured the lame,
The holy people said it was a shame;
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
And they left me there on a cross to die.

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I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black;
It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back;
They buried my body and they thought I’d gone,
But I am the dance and I still go on.

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They cut me down and I leapt up high,
I am the life that’ll never, never die;
I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

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