Comments on: The Priestly Man In Black http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/04/the-priestly-man-in-black/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-priestly-man-in-black Learning to be Present to God, Connected to One Another, and Engaged in Serving the World Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:11:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Breslin http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/04/the-priestly-man-in-black/#comment-510 Chris Breslin Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:22 +0000 http://www.allgather.org/?p=1732#comment-510 <p>Here's from an interview that ran last week between Rick Rubin and Terry Gross (on NPR's 'Fresh Air':</p> <p>"He's probably the most committed spiritual person I've ever met. He really lived his life according to his connection with God, really. And he had such an honest and pure way about it that - I remember we had a dinner party at my house one night with Johnny and June and some musicians and some film directors, and before dinner, Johnny had everyone hold hands and he said a prayer and he read from a Bible. And I know some of the people at the table had never experienced that before and some of the people at the table were even atheists. But his belief in what he believed was so strong that what you believed didnt matter so much because you were in the presence of someone who really believed and that felt good and that made you believe really in him more than anything else. It was really beautiful."</span></p> Here's from an interview that ran last week between Rick Rubin and Terry Gross (on NPR's 'Fresh Air':

"He's probably the most committed spiritual person I've ever met. He really lived his life according to his connection with God, really. And he had such an honest and pure way about it that – I remember we had a dinner party at my house one night with Johnny and June and some musicians and some film directors, and before dinner, Johnny had everyone hold hands and he said a prayer and he read from a Bible. And I know some of the people at the table had never experienced that before and some of the people at the table were even atheists. But his belief in what he believed was so strong that what you believed didnt matter so much because you were in the presence of someone who really believed and that felt good and that made you believe really in him more than anything else. It was really beautiful."

]]> By: Karen http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/04/the-priestly-man-in-black/#comment-504 Karen Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:47:25 +0000 http://www.allgather.org/?p=1732#comment-504 I like the juxtaposition of the men in black, yourself included.  Connecting Johny to our image of priests is thought provoking.  I treasure those folks I can recall to whom I did not ever directly witness, but lived my life around them for a period of time, only to see them reach out to God "on their own," leaving me, with them, in awe of God's work.  As I think about it, staying present to God was a part of it.  I like the juxtaposition of the men in black, yourself included.  Connecting Johny to our image of priests is thought provoking.  I treasure those folks I can recall to whom I did not ever directly witness, but lived my life around them for a period of time, only to see them reach out to God "on their own," leaving me, with them, in awe of God's work.  As I think about it, staying present to God was a part of it. 

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