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Bono on gaining the whole world
The preacher said, “What good does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” Hearing this, every one of the pilgrims gathered in the room asked, “Is it me, Lord?” In America, in Europe, people are asking, “Is it us?” Well, yes. It is us. Bono at Op-Ed Guest [...]
Bono says what needed to be said
“It is extraordinary to me that you can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can’t find $25 billion to save 25,000 children who die every day of preventable treatable disease and hunger,” the U2 lead singer told Clinton’s fourth annual philanthropic summit in New York. “That’s mad, that is mad.” [...]
Can we really consider canning consumerism?
For those of you who have an adverse reaction to clicking on the “Comments” links, I wanted to quote a little bit of the exchange that I’ve been having with “Deri” (not Gerry’s real name…. oops) on my “The Greatest Show I’ve Ever Seen” post. Deri said: Since Bono is an anti-poverty campaigner, why does [...]
Posted in God Stuff
Also tagged Bono, consumerism, justice, really-tough-questions-that-dont-have-simple-answers, social-justice
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The Greatest Show I’ve Ever Seen
Not a hint of exaggeration. I might not have seen that many, but those Irish boys certainly do know how to put on a show. I was going to wait until I had my photos ready to put up, but it’s late and I can’t be bothered doing all that when I could be sleeping. [...]
Posted in Personal
Also tagged Adam, Bono, Concert, Edge, Larry, Melbourne, Music, One, Reviews, Telstra-Dome, the-best-concert-you-will-ever-see, The-Edge, Vertigo, Vertigo-2006
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Bono-isms
I’m not sure how much it’s come out in the blog, but I’m a big U2 man. Love em. I would certainly say that some of my deepest personal worship moments in the past year or so have come at the hands of U2 pumping through the iPod (wow – aren’t I a post-modern cliche). [...]