Monday, August 10, 2009

Secret Of The Easy Yoke



Some part of me likes to think that the greatest time in my life was when I was a Christian. Over the years, I've lamented losing the faith I'd previously built my life around. Recently, though, I realized that the solution is not simply to return to church. Church was never the highlight of my spiritual experience. Church was a lot of somebody else's interpretation of a popular book along with some songs I didn't really like. The highlights were sharing my search for meaning with other people and challenging myself to live by a higher standard of consideration for everyone.

Regardless of how I feel about religions and churches, I'm still not quite sure what to make of the whole god thing. But if there's a song that captures the transitional experience, it's most certainly this one. To paraphrase David, "Well, a lot's changed since I heard this song, but it's an interesting document."

1 comment:

Kyle Stedman said...

Dude: I've been waiting for this article about David Bazan for like 7 years, and I just read it last week. Good timing. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-passion-of-david-bazan/Content?oid=1169181