Comments on: Reclaiming http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/2009/02/reclaiming-vincent/ Christian, satire, humor, wit, parable, religious, Bible, magazine, youth pastor, prophetic, storyteller Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Abigail http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/2009/02/reclaiming-vincent/#comment-180 Abigail Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:51:11 +0000 http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/?p=1214#comment-180 Wow! Thank you for sharing this! A lot of people also don't know that Horatio Spafford, who wrote "It Is Well With My Soul" thought he was the second Messiah toward the end. We live in a broken and fallen world. It does not only effect our bodies, but our minds and emotions as well. I do not know why it is so hard for people to accept that. Wow! Thank you for sharing this! A lot of people also don’t know that Horatio Spafford, who wrote “It Is Well With My Soul” thought he was the second Messiah toward the end.

We live in a broken and fallen world. It does not only effect our bodies, but our minds and emotions as well. I do not know why it is so hard for people to accept that.

]]> By: Vicki Carr http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/2009/02/reclaiming-vincent/#comment-103 Vicki Carr Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:22:31 +0000 http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/?p=1214#comment-103 This was great! You go, bro'!!! Preach it! This was great! You go, bro’!!! Preach it!

]]> By: Kyle Knapp http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/2009/02/reclaiming-vincent/#comment-102 Kyle Knapp Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:48 +0000 http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/?p=1214#comment-102 LOVED this essay! I've long been a fan of both Vincent's art and his story. I occasionally use Don McLean's "Vincent" in my performances, usually eliciting confused "huh...? he was a christian?" stares from church people. It's a false theology that links temporal success with divine favor. Our God chooses "the foolish things of this world to confound the wise." Vincent's life is both a testimony to how cruel the world (and the church) can be, and a model of how a simple man's love (flawed love, perhaps, but genuine nonetheless) perseveres in expressing itself in the midst of confusion, adversity, and even the stigma of mental illness. "For they could not love you, but still your love was true," the song says. I don't know whether songwriter Don McLean is a believer, but he certainly has remarkable insight. The song ends "They did not listen, they're not listening still - perhaps they never will..." He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Thanks again Bryan, I always enjoy your writings! ~kyle LOVED this essay! I’ve long been a fan of both Vincent’s art and his story. I occasionally use Don McLean’s “Vincent” in my performances, usually eliciting confused “huh…? he was a christian?” stares from church people.

It’s a false theology that links temporal success with divine favor. Our God chooses “the foolish things of this world to confound the wise.” Vincent’s life is both a testimony to how cruel the world (and the church) can be, and a model of how a simple man’s love (flawed love, perhaps, but genuine nonetheless) perseveres in expressing itself in the midst of confusion, adversity, and even the stigma of mental illness. “For they could not love you, but still your love was true,” the song says.

I don’t know whether songwriter Don McLean is a believer, but he certainly has remarkable insight. The song ends “They did not listen, they’re not listening still - perhaps they never will…” He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Thanks again Bryan, I always enjoy your writings!

~kyle

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