I broke out of my shell yesterday with some seriously good purchases. Before my girl and I went out on a roadtrip to see my dad, I was compelled to go to Newbury Comics and pick up the new U2 CD. In the process, I couldn’t resist the new Nirvana collection that came out recently with newly released demos and takes. By the time I got to the car, I alrealy made up my mind that I was going back in to get Nirvana Unplugged and some Pink Floyd. So I walked out again with Unplugged and The Wall in my hands. Understand that I used to own these CD’s (Nirvana and Floyd) and have wrestled with the secular/sacred music dichotomy in my walk with the Lord; I threw them out in May of ‘98 to just have my sister find them and take. Other treasures I tossed so long ago: Phish, Hendrix, CCR, The Doors, STP, Pearl Jam, Zeppelin, the Dead, Lenon… I feel in measure like I’ve awoken from my cultural stupor in the last two years (while I’ve been in seminary mind you). From Church and Culture class to the release of The Matrix: Reload and Revolutions, my paradigms have shifted and the Puritan implimentation of “Technopoly” (educational integration) has taken effect. It will take some getting used to see Matt Redman next to Evanescence and Hillsongs next to Coldplay in the CD case. I think this is something my girl has spent a lot of time thinking about and is a great encouragment in the whole thing. More thoughts on Church and Culture later.