Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: cw1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chi-Tai (Frank) Wu) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Christian contemporary music (was amy grant) Message-ID: Date: 13 Nov 89 16:56:53 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Dave Lu wrote: >I'm sorry if I seem hard on Mr. Smith (he's my only concrete example; maybe >his concerts have changed in format), but I do get a bit unsettled when I >see Amy Grant on the Tonight Show, talking about everything but spiritual >things, while members of the Rez. Band are living and working in rundown >neighborhoods. Did you guys see Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser (sp?) on the tonight show? He sang the "Doxology" on national T.V. I heard this from a friend of mine who has time to watch television. He said that after last year's World Series, Orel was invited to give an interview on the tonight show. During the show, Johnny Carson show a clip of the last pitch Orel threw that won the series, and Carson noticed that while Orel was preparing for the pitch, he muttered something. Carson then asked Orel, "what did you mutter?" Orel replied, "I was singing the Doxology." Carson, I supposed, never heard of the Doxology so he asked Orel to sing it for the audience. So Orel sang: Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Him all creatures here below Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost And then there was silence. No one in the audience even clapped. I guess everyone was either surprised or touched by Orel's sincerety and convictions. As for my friend, he was glad to see a witness for Christ. fa lan ke P.S. C'mon Amy and Michael, do not conform to the standards of this world. But be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind and music.* *my distortion of the Scripture?