On Monday’s we’ll be introducing you to a song about Jesus to listen to during the day, over Lent we’ll build a small playlist of songs that speak of Jesus in different ways, that paint different pictures and tell different stories.
Today’s Jesus song is by the artist Jackson Browne and is titled “The Rebel Jesus,” it’s one of my favourite songs on my Christmas playlist, it’s both poetic and prophetic.
Jackson once said of the song:
“We had also been talking about Christianity and the impact of Christianity on the Mayan people and somehow the two things got combined into this Christmas song. I didn’t really mean to but it came out as an indictment of Christianity. I just want everyone to know you can indict whatever major religion you feel like indicting on this song here. I didn’t mean to lay it all at the feet of Christianity so I hope you take it in the spirit of which it is intended.“
Listen to the song and allow it to be a part of your journey through the day.