[email protected] is now open. *It is a discussion group for
finding that which is perhaps redeemable in popular culture. (in
music, movies, literature, etc). It is not so much for debasing
popular culture - worldiness is worldliness, and ever creeps
into aspects of our sojourns here on earth - but rather, is more
geared towards discussing that which is good and right and true,
even in a single lyric of a song playing on a popular music
station. Many things in popular culture which we are bombarded
with can be "reframed" - that is, looked at in a way which does
not compromise our faith, but rather, shows that God most
certainly continues to work through secular individuals, even
without their realizing it. An example might be a love song,
which on the surface appears to be a song of love between a man
and a woman - but when reframed, becomes a prayer of love
between a member of the faithful and the Church. *Of course,
this is all potentialally *very* dangerous territory, and one
must tread carefully with regards to theology. Some of us are,
for the time being, trapped in situations where secular music is
playing, or where we are dragged to the movies, or sitting
somewhere where getting away from the TV, or in a situation
where news is being talked about. *Perhaps I am what some people
call, a "Pollyanna", but outside of God granting deafness, or
blindness in these situations, one must work with the materials
at hand.
