Boomer Streaming

Back in the day, Don McLean sang: “there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space”. . . Then, recently, I heard Simon and Joan singing : “nor is it strange that the changes upon changes are more or less the same; after changes, we are more or less the same. and it all comes back to me now:

Kangaroo Howdy Doody then Elvis RayCharles . . . Kennedy said moon landing by ’69, but the answer’s blowin’ in the wind, saith Dylan, Baez, Peter Paul and Mary. . . . Then along comes Dr. Martin Luther King in Selma, but then the Birmingham jail. . . by ’n by as push comes to shove. . . March on Washington,Lincoln Memorial dream: “all God’s children” together . . . but that’s not the whole story. . . President John F. Kennedy dead in Dallas (Where were you when the news broke?) . . .when Walter Cronkite took off his glasses at one o’clock November 22, 1963. . .I heard the news in a seventh grade classroom, from our school principal, Sister Georgia. She said, “He had ‘em backed up against the wall.” . . . speaking about JFK v. Khruschev and the Soviets during in the Cuban missile crisis. But life goes on. . . Warren Commission Great Society LBJ and Civil Rights Act. . . Malcom X. . . Hard day’s night but Sinatra sang its a very good year . . . Eleanor Rigby, ballad of Green Berets, SixDayWar, Black Power, Thurgood Marshall but Dr. King assassinated in Memphis after being warned with a phone call from an “ugly voice” the night before. Then, as if that wasn’t bad enough, Robert F Kennedy shot in L.A. . . the the Chicago Democrats fiasco: boomer kids in Grant Park. . . but hey, turn on, tune in, drop out. . . then Leary-eyed in San Francisco, where crooners had left their heart, and hippies tripped in Haight Ashbury. . . meanwhile back at the motor city. . . along came Motown, Aretha, Smoky Robinson, Four Tops, Drifters. . . then in ’69 first troops out of Vietnam. . . celebration in Yasgur’s field, Woodstock, flower power, good luck with that! . . . three days, man! CSNY singing Joni’s song. . .then there’s Neil Armstrong’s “one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind”, thanks to visionary JFK, back in the day. But just when you think you’ve finally got it made, bad news comes knockin’ at your college gate: Kent State “four dead in Ohio.” and later, Altamont. . .

. . . and Nixon bombing Laos, Cambodia. . . kinda like trump bombing the middle East. But I digress. I mean, hey! It’s not all bad. We’re like a fiddler on the roof, just trying to stay alive . . . . .and the Beegees agreed. Meanwhile back in DC, Nixon shut down the gold window . . . just before his dirty tricks backfired on him. . . unlicensed “plumbers” in the Watergate. Then, as if that weren’t bad enough, we’re waitin’ in line for gas, coast to coast, then the Pentagon papers, double digit inflation. . . Sam Ervin Senate Watergate committee. . . but the good news was: Sadat/Begin peace, good for a while. . . Even so, we seem to have lost our way, starting back in the day . . . dot.com fiasco and, and. . . where were you on 9/11? and as if that wasn’t bad enough. . . the MBS and CDO’s fiasco oon Wall Street in the 2008 crash. All ye baby boomers out there, my compatriots, we just have to view the world through faith-colored glasses . . . even though it all went wrong, we stand before the Lord of Song. . . (and of all history) with nothing on our tongues but Hallelujah! King of Soul

Revelation 5:9

And I saw, in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne, a book written,

within and on the backside, sealed up with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on the earth was able to open the book, nor to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to look into it; And one of the elders said to me: Weep not! Behold: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to break the seven seals thereof.” And I saw, in the midst of the throne and the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into the earth. And he came and he took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat upon the throne, and when He had take the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. and they sang a new saying: thou art worthy to take the book and to break the seals; for you were slain, and redeemed, with your blood, men from every people group, and every language and nation. . . http://www.micahrowland.com/carey/Revelation 5_9.mp3 King of Soul

Life's Railway to Heaven

Life is like a mountain railway, with an engineer that's brave. We must make the run successful, from the cradle to the grave. Watch the curves, the hills the trestles, never falter; never fail. Keep your hand upon the throttle, and your eyes upon the rail.

Blessed Savior; thou wilt guide us, 'til we reach that blissful shore where the angels wait to join in God's praise, forevermore. As you roll along the trestle, over Jordan's swellin' tide you'll behold a Union depot into which your train will glide. There you'll meet the superintendent; God the Father; God the Son with a hearty, joyous plaudit: Weary pilgrim, welcome home. Blessed Savior' thou wilt guide us, till we reach that blissful shore where the angels wait to join us in God's praise forevermore! http://www.micahrowland.com/carey/Life's Railway to Heaven.mp3 King of Soul

Across Friday

Now I dont know but I been told that all the news says Methusalah was old. Now Enoch is new depending on your point of view. All the news that's fit to print doesn't come close to giving us a hint. All the babble online aint worth a dime but it fills up the time. Now time is on our side; yet when all's said and done this life is a pretty good ride. . . that leads us to who knows where. . . not only that but really when you get down to it nobody knows how the story ends, although the Torah enables us to know how it begins and Gospels give us a view of how who's dead comes alive again. And if you believe that I've got some real estate in eternity i'll share with you I mean... not that its mine to share, but I dare you to find a better narrative. . . and we all suspect there's been plenty of story-tellin' in the history of mankind, which is worth, well, maybe a dime. What we do know is we all got what's coming to us, whether its judgement or mercy, to be satisfied or thirsty. I mean, to be or not to be, that is the question, whether it be nobler to be by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune made to suffer a sea of troubles, or . . . or by opposing, end them . Anyway, be that as it may. . . looking ahead to what is ahead, considering all who are living and those who are dead i think the best conclusion that a man could make, or a woman, for God's wake, is that on Good Friday Jesus was executed

 but on the third day after that he was resurrected. Now after a little bit of prayin' I'm just sayin' . . . Follow the Way.

Travelers' Rest

Well I was a weary traveler; I had nowhere to go; and I looked around this old world. And I saw all the waste; and I saw all the haste; and I wondered why; and I studied philosophy. But I turned to an old scripture; and it showed me what was; and it showed me what is to be. Like a beacon in a troubled sea. . . we will be, for you and for me. . . and He showed me the plan. . . and He showed me who I am. . . and now I’m doing all that I can. And I raise my hands in the morning, and I do a day’s work while I dream. . . and I raise my hands in the evening, and I sing out those dreams loud and clean: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia: Christ is risen; and He shall reign forever; and he shall reign forever. . . and ever. . . and ever. . .

Listen: http://www.micahrowland.com/carey/Traveler's Rest.mp3

Follow the Way

Rocky is the the path; rocky is the path that leads us home.

Straight and narrow is the way that leads us home. Follow the Way, the Truth, the Light. . . Jesus Christ was the Son of God and Jesus Christ was the Son of Man. Yes he was. . .

La alaha illa Allah. . . Follow the Way. Jesus led the way. Listen: Follow the Way King of Soul

Revelation Five

words found in a very old book: I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book, written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” Then I began to weep greatly beause no one was able to open the book or to look into it. I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; and one of the elders said to me, 'Stop weeping; behold: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of david, has overcome. . . so as to open the book and its seven seals." And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders: a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And He came and He took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. When he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of saints. And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the book and to break its seals; for you were slain, and purchased for God, with your blood, men from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom, and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth."

Listen: Revelation 5:9 King of Soul