Preaching this Morning: Rev. Springsteen

I’m afraid I have missed Bruce Springsteen in all his years of fame on the American scene. I was a music snob spending my time with the classics and high end folk rock. His hoarse delivery never appealed and I couldn’t make out most of the words he sang.

However, after reading Eric Alterman’s article in the New York Times yesterday I have to say that I am sad that I was not paying more attention to one of the rare gifts we receive from popular culture. I am suddenly a Bruce fan like millions of others.

If you missed the Eric Alterman article yesterday, I hope you will take a few minutes and read it. You will find it here if you can get through the pay wall.

I have heard a few of his songs now and read a little about Springsteen. It seems that he and I probably come from similar backgrounds. Flaxman Street in Jacinto City isn’t too far, spiritually, from E Street. But he is much more eloquent than I and I am therefore turning over this morning’s promised sermon to the Right Reverend Springsteen coming to you from Manchester in the UK.

And if you do run into a pay wall trying to read the article, please don’t fuss at The NY Times. Keeping a free press counts on people like you and me to provide for paid journalists. But I am sure that a very high percentage of the people who read here also pay the Times for good reporting. If you can afford it and you do — thank you.