A Day After Easter Song

The past few weels leading up to Easter I saw a couple posts in some of the Facebook groups I'm in asking for song ideas for Easter playlists. This morning, which happened to be the day after Easter, I was listening to Spotify when this song came on.

 

I had this album on vinyl for many years and I had forgotten about this song.  As I listened to it I realized it's the perfect song for the day after Easter.

Easter is a very important day for the Christian world.  It's a very important day for the entire world.  One can easily make the argument that Good Friday and Easter are the crux of the Christian movement. (Interestingly, the word crux as defined by Merriam Webster as the most essential, pivotal, or decisive point of an issue, argument, or problem is derived form the Latin word for cross).  While I would not argue against that supposition , I would add that Christmas and the day after Easter are equally crucial (crucial originates from the Latin wor

d crux).  When I say Christmas I mean the incarnation of Jesus as God become man and when I say the day after Easter, I mean our reaction to the death and resurrection of Jesus.

The lyrics can be found here.

I have also reprinted them below ...

He's in you.

He's risen from the dead.

He's in you.

Alive just like He said

It's over

The battle has been won.

The price is paid

Darkness now has faded 

Into his light

He's in you. 

The promise has come true.

He's In you

There's nothing left to do.

It's over.

His kingdom now is coming to your heart.

Just let the Master start

His work in you

Let him start.

He's in you.

The mysteries been revealed

He's in you.

By His spirit you've been sealed

It's over.

New life has begun now in the Son.

The Old has passed away,

Nailed to His Cross.

I pray that the Lord of Life

Will open up your eyes

I pray that you'll see this mystery.

I hope that you'll see that His holy place is open to you now.

You can enter in let his rest begin

He's in you.

He's risen from the dead.

He's in you.

Alive just like He said

It's over

The battle has been won.

The price is paid

Darkness now has faded 

Into his light

Into His Light

Amazing Grace

How Sweet he SOund

That Saved a wretch like me

You know I once was lost

But Now Am found

But now I see

You know I truly see.

I think life is a reaction to Easter.

This song does a very good job of summarizing that.

Adventure

 This is the first year since 2018 that I am not participating in the A to Z challenge. This is not an April Fool's joke.  I decided last year that I was going to take a sabbatical from one if not my most favorite blogging events.  I do plan to participate as a reader and commenter of other participating blogs.

April is also National Poetry Month, and this year I do plan to write some poems and publish them here.  I will even try to have the poem titles match the A to Z letter of the day.  To that end, I will now shre two haikus I wrote today on the back end of a impromptu road trip I took from Chicago area to St. Louis area and back today.  One is appropriately called Adventure

Adventure

Roads of adventure

Trees lay barren, friendship blooms

Memories echo

Here's the so far untitled other haiku

Lights from wind turbines

Silent thunder of crickets

Dusk train slumbers on

Since today is also Wednesday.  I thought I'd slip in one of my kid's favorite songs when growing up Adventure is A wonderful Thing from Winnie The Pooh's Grand Adventure as part of Midweek Music Break.  

FIRST CYCLE OF 2025: Carson Kelly hits first Cubs cycle since 1993!

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Freedom By Langston Hughes

 I was subbing at a high school today.  I was teaching English.  Actually I was subbing for an English Teacher.  In college I was studying to be a H.S. English Teacher but instead got my degree in English Literature.  I figured I was probably not going to be a public school teacher and was eager to get overseas and teach English and do ministry work which I ended up doing after I graduated.  As for public schools, I went from 1992 to 2019 without teaching at one, so it worked out pretty well.  

I actually wasn't teaching English today, I was pretty much taking attendance, sending students to the bathroom, and reading some of the books I brought with me.  I took solace in the fact that I could have taught this class if the need had arisen.  By 8th hour I decided to take a step away from my books and look at one ofthe teacher's texts.  It is called Advanced Language and Literature.  I opened up to Chapter 12 Section 1 and ran into an old friennd, Langston Hughes, whose poem Freedom adorned that chapter

I have typed it out hear without permission.  If you click on the title you can see the poem on it's poetry foundation page.  

Freedom By Langston Hughes

Freedom will not come

Today, this year

Nor Ever

Through compromise and fear

I have as much right

As the other fellow has

To stand

On My Two Feet

And Own The land

I tire so of hearing people say,

Let things take their course

Tomorrow is another day

I Do noy need my freedom when I'm dead

I cannot live on tomorrow's bread

Freedom 

Is a strong seed

Planted

In a great need

I live here, too

I want my freedom

Just as you.

12 New Movies: Shock and Awe (2017)

 Rob Reiner's shocking death late last year had a profound effect on my wife and I.  We had grown up with him  as Michael Stivic on All In The Family and were Young Adults when he began his prolific career as a film director.  We found ourselves rewatching many of his films int he weeks and month after hus and his wife were murdered.  

One film we had not seen or even heard of is my first installment in 12 New Movies to me for 2026.  

Film: Shock And Awe (2017)

Rating: 3 Out of 5 Stars

Summary: James Marsden and Woody Harrelson play reporters for Knight Ridder and Rob Reiner plays their boss who  report on the aftermath of 911 that led to the War in Iraq.  The problem is that the story they are researching and the narrative coming from the White House, Congress and the Pentagon are vastly different. 

Theme: Who should you listen to?

One Thing I liked about the movie: I got to see Rob Reiner act and direct.  Since he spent so much time and energy the last 40 years of his career in the latter, it is easy to forget what a great actor he was as well.

One Thing I did not like about the movie: This my be picky, but I think there was a deliberate attempt to make viewers think that Aaron Sorking was associated with this movie.  Two of Reiner's finest  films are Sorkin collaborations (The American President and A Few Good Men).  This film has legal, military , political and journalism tie ins so since these are all Sorkin Staples the comparisons make sense initially .  However, I thought that the court room scenes, the casting of Richard Schiff (The West Wing) and some of the speeches in the film were contrived to connect Sorkin to the project without adding to the plot.  

The ideal audience for this film: People who like Newspaper movies and people who enjoy Reiner as a director and an actor should enjoy this film.