What with another round of stories in the news about religious intolerance, it is with particular interest that I listened to this Paul Thorn song again. If you want to know my philosophy (and maybe you don't), it is simple. I choose to live with love, acceptance, inclusion. Life is too short to fritter your energy away on hatred. Don't be too self important, we all die the same. Treat others as you want to be treated yourself. Don't be malicious, you wind up hurting yourself more than the target of your anger. Help others. Turn the other cheek when necessary. And find time for joy in your life, for simple pleasures. For balance and harmony.
Even though I was raised completely different, I worship at the same altar as Paul, he the son of a Pentecostal preacher. He has been grappling with the concepts of good and evil all his life. Paul is such a dichotomy. Rural, yet worldly; reverent and irreverent at the same time. And the same can be said for his persona and its radiated power; homespun, yet making the most of all the new social networking technology. I get taken away to another space and time reading stuff every time I go to his proactive website. And his posts on Facebook are a hoot. We bring you a thought captured in an incredibly well worded song for your Monday. A solo version of "You Might Be Wrong," which is one of the tunes on the new CD Pimps And Preachers. We captured it on the Music Fog bus in May at the Cherokee Creek Music Festival. And it was captivating, indeed! You know what, I think Paul should have his own late night TV show! Let's start a campaign.
-Jessie Scott
