"Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord"
I'm not exactly a hippie or a practicing Christian, but the drama and music departments at the school where I teach just jointly put on a production of Godspell, and I have to admit that I was mesmerized.
First of all, I was raised Catholic and went through thirteen years of Catholic schooling (which might explain why I am no longer a practicing Christian). "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord" was a standard when I was growing up. I just thought of it as another church song, though I do remember a rockin' version of it performed at one time by a group of singers led by my theology teacher, accompanied by the school drummer (whose name I forget) and guitarist Kevin Horn, who was rumored to be a Satan worshipper. Seeing my students put on this musical made me realize how much Godspell had seeped into the culture around me. The whole performance hit me with a wave of nostalgia but also some genuine feeling, a real positive energy, because the students who were singing these songs sang them like they meaned them.
Well, I won't be going back to church any time soon--I'm a little too analytical and perhaps a bit too cynical for that kind of thing these days--but it's nice to be reminded that Rick Santorum isn't the only kind of Christian out there.
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