tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877531.post1190263423267524449..comments2023-07-06T17:36:53.754+02:00Comments on The Crazy Bird: 15. The Desolation Before Us...Chuck Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13946732698893345684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877531.post-50606448920637641882008-06-29T20:11:00.000+02:002008-06-29T20:11:00.000+02:00I had a discussion with a friend of mine who lives...I had a discussion with a friend of mine who lives in Georgia, she took me to task because I stressed the importance of hope over faith and charity -- you know, St. Paul maintained in one of his letters that charity is greater than faith and hope.<BR/><BR/>Her argument was an anecdote about a fellow who had a terminal. disease and made his and his family's last time together miserable by maintaining he was going to survive in an unrealistic manner. <BR/><BR/>My reply was that it was not hope he was showing it was a insidious form of despair. Real hope recognizes that failure is possible. That is where hope leans up against love (charity). But hope continues to hope and that is where hope leans up against faith.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://chuckcliff.blogspot.com/2007/09/arrogant-prophecies-few-words-on-hope.html" REL="nofollow">I did a post on this here</A><BR/><BR/>It's great to hear the CD is coming along fine!<BR/><BR/>The guys at work gave me a H2 Zoom digital recorder and it is real cool for what I want to do -- much better than the H4...Chuck Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946732698893345684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877531.post-12244835133523343872008-06-29T01:22:00.000+02:002008-06-29T01:22:00.000+02:00I think the word "Hope" can be slowly phased into ...I think the word "Hope" can be slowly phased into the lexicon of the near-future, and your well-written missives can take their place in the present.<BR/><BR/>That's the title of one of the songs on the CD. There are 8 now.<BR/><BR/>1.) Magic Heart (Title track)<BR/>2.) Hope<BR/>3.) Sacred Circle<BR/>4.) Prayer Without Words<BR/>5.) Mythic Angel<BR/>6.) Technomania<BR/>7.) CiCient<BR/>8.) Individuation<BR/><BR/>Here's hoping you'll do the same kind of morphing my wife is doing: you know, learning that taking a nap isn't sloth, working on the computer can be fun, and marriage can be new and fun every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com