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Weird reflections of the day so far:

(a) One of the reasons I find Reg/ Len squicky is that the situation, particularly with Jo's peculiar and slightly troubling enthusiasm for it, reminds me a bit of Effi Briest (incidentally, that Wiki article is linguistically very odd), only with bonus squick, because however ill you think of Innstetten, he at least didn't hang around watching her grow up.

(b) I was trying to imagine a worship song dealing with dark night experiences (since there are hymns which fall into that category, such as Abide With Me), and found myself wondering if you wouldn't end up with something suspiciously like 'Hit Me Baby One More Time', simply substituting 'Jesus' or 'Lord' for 'baby'/ 'boy' (you've even got the dodgy power dynamics):

My loneliness is killing me
I must confess I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign,
Hit me Jesus one more time....†

Oh Jesus, Jesus, the reason I breathe is you (etc)

Oh dear. Too easy. Except, of course, it's a far better crafted song than most of what emanates from Hillsong or whatever the favourite of the month is...

† Batter my heart, three-personed God, and all that.

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More worship songs covering the bad times as well as the good times would be good. It's not as if there's a shortage of such material to draw from in the Psalms, either. The only one that comes straight to mind is Matt Redman's "Blessed be your name".

"Hit me Jesus one more time" is just painfully wrong, though.

Painful, I'll grant you, but I think it's a perfectly legitimate expression of certain spiritual states...

On a more serious note, someone on LJ linked me to the Redman song - I didn't know it before, but it's pretty good.

That's one reason why I love having a good deal of the psalms memorised :)

The Psalms are a very good thing. Frequent exposure to evensong has left a large number of them engraved on my brain, which is a definite plus....

*brain bleach*

Sorry...