{"id":13114,"date":"2010-06-19T13:42:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T20:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2010\/06\/19\/13114.html"},"modified":"2010-06-19T13:42:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T20:42:40","slug":"if-youre-looking-for-a-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2010\/06\/19\/if-youre-looking-for-a-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"If you’re looking for a miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Peter Mayer's<\/a> song “Holy Now” just came up on iTunes, the Kallet\/Epstein\/Cicone rendition<\/a>. Lovely song. The words, of course, don't work nearly as well without the music, but here's an excerpt (and you can listen to an extended clip from Mayer's version<\/a> on his website):<\/p>\n

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[...]<\/p>\n

And I remember feeling sad<\/p>\n

That miracles don't happen still<\/p>\n

But now I can't keep track<\/p>\n

’Cause everything's a miracle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wine from water is not so small<\/p>\n

But an even better magic trick<\/p>\n

Is that anything is here at all<\/p>\n

So the challenging thing becomes<\/p>\n

Not to look for miracles<\/p>\n

But finding where there isn't one<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[...]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Read a questioning child's face<\/p>\n

And say it's not a testament<\/p>\n

That'd be very hard to say<\/p>\n

See another new morning come<\/p>\n

And say it's not a sacrament<\/p>\n

I tell you that it can't be done<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That last bit reminds me of my favorite bit of the Nylons' version of “This Island Earth<\/a>”:<\/p>\n

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If you're looking for a miracle, open your eyes:<\/p>\n

There was one this morning just about sunrise;<\/p>\n

Dawn came breaking like a wave on the sea,<\/p>\n

And it's there for you and me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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