ort...@egroups.com is now open. *It is a discussion group for
   finding that which is perhaps redeemable in popular culture. (in
   music, movies, literature, etc). It is not so much for debasing
   popular culture - worldiness is worldliness, and ever creeps
   into aspects of our sojourns here on earth - but rather, is more
   geared towards discussing that which is good and right and true,
   even in a single lyric of a song playing on a popular music
   station. Many things in popular culture which we are bombarded
   with can be "reframed" - that is, looked at in a way which does
   not compromise our faith, but rather, shows that God most
   certainly continues to work through secular individuals, even
   without their realizing it. An example might be a love song,
   which on the surface appears to be a song of love between a man
   and a woman - but when reframed, becomes a prayer of love
   between a member of the faithful and the Church. *Of course,
   this is all potentialally *very* dangerous territory, and one
   must tread carefully with regards to theology. Some of us are,
   for the time being, trapped in situations where secular music is
   playing, or where we are dragged to the movies, or sitting
   somewhere where getting away from the TV, or in a situation
   where news is being talked about. *Perhaps I am what some people
   call, a "Pollyanna", but outside of God granting deafness, or
   blindness in these situations, one must work with the materials
   at hand.