Song-A-Week #3 - James and Dragon

[Carl Thomas Gladstone]

.::Carl Thomas Gladstone::.                        original acoustic music on the prophetic edge

January 29, 2007 A little while ago some friends attended a chruch conference at Lake Junaluska, a resort and United Methodist conference center.  Due to the subject matter of the conference, some members of the KKK decided to protest outside the gates.  As the call went out, brothers packed their hoods into their pick-ups and Harley's and headed out.  I went snooping around some online discussion groups to see what the buzz was.  What I found there surprised me.  At least one of the American White Knights of the KKK said he was sorry he couldn't attend because he had duties at his United Methodist church that weekend.  I wondered if that meant he was clergy. After a while I heard that another group was actively protesting this conference at Lake Junaluska.  This time it wasn't a hate group but rather a Christian magazine associated with the UMC.  So, I called the president and publisher of the magazine to ask why he and his colleagues found themselves on the same side of a protest as the KKK.  He answered that the reasons for his magazine's protest came from a very different starting place than the KKK's. I just wondered how that lead them to the same conclusions. Here's a song that imagines what a day of protest like that would look like. Carl PS Go to http://www.carlthomasgladstone.com/obeMEDIA.htm to check out info on this episode and others in the PROPHETIC EDGE LISTENING ROOM podcast. James and Dragon* by Carl Thomas Gladstone Hand in hand the evangelist and his dragon stroll along their picket line swapping tales lamenting lost souls singing hymns inside Brothers Brothers in hoods and stoles Brothers Brothers of conviction Brothers Of conclusion, if not motive Brothers of church and coven The White Nights and Committee on Abomination hadn't planned a joint protest But since they shared one common affirmation saving money on the gas seemed best A tertiary splitting at the curb of good news and depraved A yellow line between the klan and church-- conflators of the cross and flame. Morning marches give way to picnic lunches 'nilla wafers, milk, and tuna on white bread While James and Dragon twirling 'round and 'round the day share one glum side of fence *For JVH II Peace, ctg Purchase oft broke echo at carlthomasgladstone.com Thanks so much for signing up for this email and remember that if at anytime you'd like to take your name off the list, simply visit our google.groups page to unsubscribe. copyrigth © 2006 carl thomas gladstone | some rights reserved

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