U2’s 2000 album “All that You Can’t Leave Behind” seems to be a prophesy or foreshadowing of the September 11th attacks. For example….on the cover there’s a picture of the band members waiting in an airport. You’ll remember that the attacks were done through plane hijackings. The other songs seem to be a foretelling of the attacks. Perhaps the most inspiring song on the album, “Peace on Earth,” seems to be an earnest plea to God for something which we know could never be. The lyrics echo in my mind – “They’re reading names out over the radio. All the folks the rest of us won’t get to know…” These lyrics coorespond with the names of the terror victims being read over the radio.
“Stuck in a Moment” is what the whole world seemed to be stuck in….always thinking about the attacks. Never seeming to be able to get out of it. “New York” is a song about the daily occurances in NYC.
“All that You Can’t Leave Behind” is a refreshing rock album in a sea of boybands and pseudo pop stars. It is by far the best album I’ve heard in a few years.
Speaking of albums, I was going through my CD collection and came up with a few gems. I must admit I don’t know exactly what I was thinking when I bought some of these albums. (If you don’t remember these albums/bands, don’t worry because I don’t remember them either).

• Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Godfodder. – I really only bought this for one song on the album, Grey Cell Green, which was a buzz bin video on MTV. Apart from doing a cover of “Saturday Night” on the “So I Married an Axe Murderer” soundtrack, there’s not much to tell about this band. I think they feel off the side of the earth.
• Crash Test Dummies – Ghosts that Haunt Me…I bought the album expecting it to be just as good as the “God Shuffled His Feet.” Unfortunately without a one-hit-wonder song on it, it turned out to be a dud.
• Live – Mental Jewelry…another album I bought when I was really into “Throwing Copper” by Live. I’d listen to this album more, except that it has a line in a song which goes something like this….“Heard alot of talk about this Jesus…but what a man was two thousand years ago means nothing to me today.” I can’t stomach that kind of attitude.
• EMF – Stigma….That one hit wonder band (“Unbelieveable”), came back with this album. I think it is possibly the least listened to album of my collection. Buncha skater punks.
• Jesus Jones – Perverse….another one hit wonder (“Right Here Right Now”) I was trying to get more songs for. Rarely listened to.
• Green Day – Dookie….It seemed like a good idea at the time. I think at one point in the summer of 1995, everyone had this album. Now it’s just a joke. Green Day itself is a joke band. Except for “Time of Your Life” and perhaps “Minority” I don’t think they’ve come out with any redeemable songs. I should have known better than to buy an album named after a euphemism for excrement, which also has a muppet dancing on the back.

I really should sell these albums on Ebay or something, but it probably isn’t worth my time or trouble.
So the theme of the upcoming camp is “Kids for Christ.” Each day we will spotlight a different person of the bible such as Samuel, David, Daniel, Timothy, and Jesus. I already knew alot of Jesus, Daniel, and David. I had to brush up on my knowledge of Samuel and Timothy. All of this just in case I’m called upon to do a brief devotional on the subject. I don’t want to be looking stupid.