How Could Bette Midler be Right/From a Distance?

Mako shared that CBS Morning Show had Bette Midler on this morning to reflect on love (she has been married 21 years). Here's what she said:

"Love doesn't stand still," she said. "It's constantly in motion, it's constantly transforming itself. You have to, I think, be accepting of the way it is. Those great chemical urges you have when you're a kid, they don't hang around, no matter how much Viagra you take. You have to get to the point where you see the person and see the person's soul and you adore the person's soul. That's really what we're here for, I think, ultimately."

Bette, way to go! We are encouraged by someone in music/entertainment that somehow discovered what is really important.

We also discussed a book Kirk brought in: "Plowing in Hope," by a librarian in Oregan named David Hegeman. We ageed that this book is worthy of our attention because the author connects creativity with marriage and worship as Edenic, pre-Fallen activity.

Stephen J Tepper spoke recently at a conference that Kevin attended for Chamber Music America. Tepper noted the rise of the Creative Class is countered by the rise of the Consumer Class, and the demise of America is inbedded in who ends up on top. Either the Creative Class who invests in the cultural account, or the Consumer Class which only seeks to withdraw from the account.

So back to Bette Midler. She has been married 21 years. What she says here connects marriage to creativity and redemption. It's kind of what Hegeman states in his book. Because both marriage and creativity is reflected in the Genesis account of Eden BEFORE the fall, anyone excersizing these activities, whether Christian or not, redeems culture.

The three pre-Fall "God-mandates" of mariage, worship, and culture all were twisted by the Fall. It is encouraging to see those who seem outside the kingdom observe the purity, the Truth, of these mandates...Bette with marriage...and Tepper with culture.

Peace, out
Kirk. Mako. Bryan, and Kevin