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September 12, 2009

World Religions Blogs

Check out the new World Religions blogs for the 2009/2010 school year.

The links will become live as students begin writing :)
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September 6, 2009

Mr Smart's Spritual Song (& the Playlist)

 

 

My spritual song is Roll Away Your Stone, by Mumford and Sons.  This is possibly my favourite song from the last year.  I love the images of grace and the tortured nature of the singer's journey.  Perhaps the most important part of it for me is that his journey is being worked out in debate with another person.  Spirituality for me is about engaging with these big questions and doing so with other people.  The most shocking thing about this track is that I never thought I would like country music... but I am claiming this isn't... it's London-Alt-Folk ;).

 

Thanks to all of you for posting your spiritual songs.  Here are the tracks you can expect to hear this week.  If you track is not here it means one of the following things: a) I couldn't find it b) it had explicit lyrics, or references to drugs/alcohol/etc.. c) I couldn't find a cheap enough version.  Pester me if you want it to appear!

 

- Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
- House of Cards - Radiohead
- Don't Panic - Cold Play
- Strawberry Swing - Cold Play
- Paranoid Android - Radiohead
- Here Comes the Sun - Beatles
- Let it be - Beatles
- Redemption Song - Bob Marley
- Wonderful World - James Morrison
- I hope I become a ghost - Deadly Syndrome
- Waterfalls - TLC
- Energy - Apples in Stereo
- Snow - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield
- Meadows of Heaven - Nightwish
- In my head - India Arie
- If today was your last day - Nickelback
- Speed of Sound - Coldplay
- Dare you to move - Switchfoot
- Roll Away Your Stone - Mumford & Sons
- This is your life - Switchfoot

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August 30, 2009

Setting up your Blog

1.      Login to your school use e-mail account.

2.      E-mail a blank e-mail to post@posterous.com
3.      Wait for a reply (if you do not get a reply try again).

4.      Click on "click here to set a password for the site" at the very bottom of the e-mail.

5.      Change the first part of the url to your username (i.e. rsmar966). You must get this correct.

6.      Save your changes.

7.      E-mail me (richard_smart@hcpss.org) to tell me you are done.

8.      Any time you wish to post to your blog send an e-mail from your school e-mail account to post@posterous.com. You can attach files, images, music or videos. It will format it all for you!

Here are the instructions posterous posts if it helps!


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August 30, 2009

Spiritual Music

Objective

To explore the concept of spirituality by identifying spiritual elements in popular music.

Task
  • Read the wikipedia definition of spirituality, and see if you agree...
  • Listen to the radio and look through your music collection to see if you can find a track that has spiritual content.
  • The only tracks you can't choose are those which are used for worship in a religion (ie Amazing Grace).
  • Make a post on your blog including the name of the track, a link to the lyrics, or music (legal please) and a reflection explaining why you chose the music, and how the content is spiritual.
  • I will play the best tracks in class

Here is last year's playlist.  Feel free to use any of the tracks again!

- All the things that I've done - Killers
- All we are - Fischerspooner
- Bad Day - REM
- Beating my Heart - Jon McLaughlin
- Breakable - Ingrid Michaelson
- Bring me to Life - Evanescence
- Change - Taylor Swift
- Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
- Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
- Dear God - XTC
- Digging a Ditch - Dave Matthews Band
- Drops of Jupiter - Train
- Everybody's Changing - Keane
- Faith - George Michael
- Free- Elliott Yamin
- Galileo - Indigo Girls
- Ghost - Neutral Milk Hotel
- Glory Box - Portishead
- Gone Going - Black Eyed Peas
- Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
- Gravity - John Mayer
- How Far We've Come - Matchbox Twenty
- Human - Killers
- I still haven't found what I am looking for - U2
- Stupid Song (I will follow you into the dark) - Death Cab for Cutie
- If Everyone Cared - Nickelback
- Illusion and Dream - Poets of the Fall
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Inaudible Melodies - Jack Johnson
- It's only life - Katie Voegele
- It's the end of the World - REM
- Jailer - Asa
- Jerusalem - Matisyahu
- Jesus Shaves - Roches
- Keep Breathing - Ingrid Michaelson
- Let it Be - Beatles
- Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend
- Light and Day - The Polyphonic Spree
- Lightning Crashes - Live
- Losing my Religion - REM
- The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
- Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics
- Mr Blue Sky - ELO
- Natural Blues - Moby
- Note to God - JoJo
- On Your Wings - Iron and Wine
- Peace be upon us - Cheryl Crowe
- Road to Zion - Damian Marley & Nas
- The Sea - Morcheeba
- Sing! Captain - Handsome Furs
- Slow me down - Emmy Rossum
- Something to Believe in - Aqualung
- The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
- (There's gotta be) More to Life - Stacey Orrico
- This is Your Life - Switchfoot
- To be alone with you - Sufjan Stevens
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay

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