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What a pretty blue planet!

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Big ups to my favorite East Coast Pastor for bringing this to my attention, he keeps a great ‘Currents’ list.

MercyMe is a Christian music group, and my friend Bone actually starred in one of their music videos.  If you’ve seen the video about a dude walking around town wearing a sandwich board . . . that’s him.  MercyMe sings this one great song about heaven I’m sure everyone has heard by now called “I Can Only Imagine.” It truely is a great song about heaven, and it holds a special place in my heart as it was played at the funeral of my best friend, Micah.  It wouldn’t surprise me if that song is the current number one funeral song – if there is such a list.  The song is actually played on their website when you access it, and is located here.

One would probably think that MercyMe’s favorite song about heaven would be their own “I Can Only Imagine,” but no.

Check out this quote by them during one of their concerts:

“People always ask us what our favorite song about heaven is.  Well, ‘I Can Only Imagine’ has a very special place in our heart; but there’s a song we grew up on that talks about heaven being a place where all the glory; all the honor, all the recognition and attention revolves around Christ and Christ alone..”

Care to guess what that song is? 
Clue 1 – U2
Clue 2 – Streets
Please tell me you don’t need a Clue 3. 😉

Watch MercyMe say the above quote and play ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ in concert here.

And if you just really prefer to watch U2 play the song in concert on their current tour, click here.  Or if you prefer the Super Bowl clip and their tribute to the victims of 9/11, click here.

Here is the site were I got all this info in case you are interested.  He has some very good thoughts.

In case you are unfamiliar with this hand gesture click here.

Bono was in town last night here in Dallas.  Too bad his schedule was pretty packed, he couldn’t even stop by the house for a visit.

I was actually surprised he wore a tie, black coat and yellow tie actually.  The only other time I saw him wear a tie was at his father’s funeral.  He didn’t even wear a tie in the Oval Office.  This is what he had to say about that:

“I don’t wear ties for politicians, but I wear them for the people of Texas,” he said.

Here are some snipits from a Dallas Morning News article about his visit, you can also read the whole article here if you are interested.

The singer joked that Dallas had humbled him in the past, noting that his first show here in 1981 drew about 30 people and was double-billed with a wet T-shirt contest.

“Africa is a continent bursting into flames,” he said.

Mixing comedy with compassion, Bono spoke about the issues he has devoted his time, his influence and his money to. He described his first trips to Africa in the 1980s, recounting the day that a man asked him to save his child by taking the baby back to Ireland.

“In that moment, I think I started this journey,” Bono said. “In that moment, I became the worst thing of all — a rock star with a cause.”

The Irishman warned that chaotic, war-torn countries in Africa could become havens for terrorists. Poverty breeds despair and violence, he said.

“In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?” he said. “A better world happens to be a safer one as well.”

He likened foreign assistance to tithing, urging the U.S. government to devote an additional one percent of the federal budget to the poor. Foreign aid is “not about charity—it’s about justice,” he said.

“Paint (the drugs) red, white and blue. Just get them out there,” he said. “We can transform the globe if we have the will.”

 For more about his cause, visiit One.org or Data.org.