A friend of mine tweeted a video titled 'Why I hate Religion, But Love Jesus' a poem written by a guy who goers by the name of JeffBetheke aka Jefferson Betheke about his journey to becoming a Christian where he highlighlights the difference between religion (Christianity) and being a believer of Jesus Christ in his eyes. A catholic priest responded in the same spoken word form, video entitled: 'Why I Love Religion, And Love Jesus, showing the Catholic perspective.
I found this extremely interesting as I had never thought of separating religion with being a believer. Refreshing I think- as a believer in love and positivity most of all.
After watching Jefferson's spoken word and the response in a Catholic's perspective, I wrote my own poem in a sense. Unedited & Uncut, first words typed into my iPhone here it is:
Jesus
Means
Love
Agape
If we love
We tear down all barriers
All divides gone
Religion
To this day still
Creates separation and divide
Christianity split into
Subdivisions
Via Henry the 8th
Who wanted to get divorced and remarried
Religion has been another form of segregation
BUT
I do believe if we are to
Make
Being a follower of Jesus Christ
Possible
We do need the umbrella Christianity
Which is in turn a religion
As the way the world
Society works
The security held in
Faith and religion
Can be damaged
And make it impossible
To seek the love
And relationship
With Jesus
As you can tell I can see and understand both points of view.
See the video links below.
Food for thought. Refreshing!
Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word
Why I Love Religion, And Love Jesus || Spoken Word
I was lucky enough to get two tickets to see Emeli Sande last Monday (April 8th 2013) at The Hammersmith Apollo; for the UK leg of the 'Our Version Of Events Tour'.
I decided to take my mum, as she is just a big fan of Emeli Sande as I am. All week before the show I made sure to play the album once a day, so I could be singing each and every word in the audience. Yes, when I go to see a concert I'm often the one singing and dancing along. I was happily joined by others on the sidelines. I did spot a few artists too such as Ny Official.
Emeli performed all the songs from her album as well as two new songs from her upcoming project. AMAZING! One for her now husband and the other a great inspired by Emeli's life encounters. My favourite being'Breaking the Law'- which she mentioned was for her sister, Lucy.
Supporting Emeli Sande on the London leg of the tour were acts Sam Smith and Jacob Banks. Both ones to watch. Jacob Banks performed on the April 8th (the night I went) and Sam Smith on the April 9th. How epic Jacob Bank's was. He performed tracks from his free EP 'The Monologue'; 'Rainy Day' , 'Dear Simone'- love at first hear!! To open the show we had an artist named Mahalia she was great a refreshing, she performed tracks from her free EP 'Head Space'; 'No Escape', 'Head Space', & 'Let The World See The Light'.
I Look forward to hearing more music from Emeli Sande, as she is working on her second album. Exciting! 2012 was really Emeli's year winning Brit Awards and being the figure for the 2012 Olympic Ceremonies.
Hey Guys! I present to you a beautiful songstress who goes by the name of Lidiaana! Signed to independent label Segenita Records, Lidiaana is a singer/songwriter/producer, the sounds are awesome influence from R&B, Funk, & Pop. Three months ago Lidiaana released her E.P 'How Often', and guess what it is a FREE download. Yes, free! The E.P , 'How Often' is made up of 7 tracks: 1)I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Acapella) 2)How Often feat. Idris Jones 3)Miss You 4)Do You feat. Helgi and Herda Vim 5)Moments feat. Timba 6)Hater feat. Definition and Kay Martay 7)Depression I myself have had a good listen and you can really feel the passion in each and every track. My personal favourite being 'How Often' makes you think of summer, and is a great song for all the independent females out there; I know you can all relate. And of course 'Do You' is a close second ! Make sure you download the E.P, and show Lidiaana some love! I shall leave the links below to her Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as her video for the track 'How Often'.
