Comments on: Emo Christianity http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/ Christian theology for the every day woman. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sharon http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-6615 Sharon Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:49:17 +0000 http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-6615 "Please Hear Me Out," Thanks so much for your input, but I would encourage you re-read the post a second time, this time reading my voice as a sympathetic one. This was not intended to be a dump on people who label themselves as "emo," but instead an encouragement to LEARN from those who do. As Christians, there is a temptation to disconnect from our emotions in order to feel what we THINK is the Christian response. In response to this harmful suppression of our emotions, emo culture reminds us of the importance of reflecting on our emotional selves. Nowhere in this post did I equate "emo" with negative practices such as cutting or depression or Satan worship, so please don't here me as having done so. Emo culture is one that is not afraid of confronting those dark emotions that Christians are hesitant to grapple with, and I consider that a strength. Again, this post was intended to embrace the emo voice, not judge it. I think when you re-read this post with that perspective in mind, that intention will be more clear. “Please Hear Me Out,”

Thanks so much for your input, but I would encourage you re-read the post a second time, this time reading my voice as a sympathetic one. This was not intended to be a dump on people who label themselves as “emo,” but instead an encouragement to LEARN from those who do. As Christians, there is a temptation to disconnect from our emotions in order to feel what we THINK is the Christian response. In response to this harmful suppression of our emotions, emo culture reminds us of the importance of reflecting on our emotional selves. Nowhere in this post did I equate “emo” with negative practices such as cutting or depression or Satan worship, so please don’t here me as having done so. Emo culture is one that is not afraid of confronting those dark emotions that Christians are hesitant to grapple with, and I consider that a strength.

Again, this post was intended to embrace the emo voice, not judge it. I think when you re-read this post with that perspective in mind, that intention will be more clear.

]]> By: Please Hear Me Out http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-6614 Please Hear Me Out Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:33:34 +0000 http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-6614 Hi. I don't want this to be seen as a negative thing here. But please, please DO understand that the majority of "emos" are not depressed. And this labell is harsh on the "emos." Many people misunderstand that all emos cut, listen to dark music, are always depressed and cry all the time. We don't. HAving people taunting us is hard enough for us. And now Christians are also misunderstanding the true term of emo? Many Emos are outcasts. Like how Jesus was an Outcast (I would like to believe)crucified. Yes. I am also indeed, a Christian. So what IS the true definition of emo? Emo is just a labell. It's a type of person who has a strong grip on music emotionally. We write lyrics and poems about how we feel. We're not just recognized by the hairstyles, make up and clothes. But please don't think that Emo is another religion. A devil worshipping person who listens to Satanic music. We can listen to Metal, Pop. Whatever we want to. But we're just different, I guess- trying to see from your perspective. Please, after reading this, give this "topic" a thought. And pray for the misunderstood. Thanks. Hi.
I don’t want this to be seen as a negative thing here.
But please, please DO understand that the majority of “emos” are not depressed. And this labell is harsh on the “emos.” Many people misunderstand that all emos cut, listen to dark music, are always depressed and cry all the time.
We don’t.
HAving people taunting us is hard enough for us. And now Christians are also misunderstanding the true term of emo?
Many Emos are outcasts. Like how Jesus was an Outcast (I would like to believe)crucified. Yes. I am also indeed, a Christian.
So what IS the true definition of emo?

Emo is just a labell. It’s a type of person who has a strong grip on music emotionally. We write lyrics and poems about how we feel. We’re not just recognized by the hairstyles, make up and clothes.

But please don’t think that Emo is another religion. A devil worshipping person who listens to Satanic music. We can listen to Metal, Pop. Whatever we want to. But we’re just different, I guess- trying to see from your perspective.

Please, after reading this, give this “topic” a thought. And pray for the misunderstood.
Thanks.

]]> By: Kate http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-2251 Kate Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:53:11 +0000 http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-2251 Your entry reminded me of a poem I read in college (below) I still remember the first few lines because I read it when I was in a dark time. It was a time that Jesus walked with me through the deep recesses of my soul--in order to bring light and healing but I had to walk through immense pain...but with Him. Had I not gone there, I would not know Him like I do now and I would not be who I am today. It's worth it to face the pain--with Him. His goal is always to love us through our grief and bring us slowly but surely to a place of wholeness, so we can love others in a dark time. In a Dark Time, Theodore Rothke In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the echoing wood-- A lord of nature weeping to a tree, I live between the heron and the wren, Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den. What's madness but nobility of soul At odds with circumstance? The day's on fire! I know the purity of pure despair, My shadow pinned against a sweating wall, That place among the rocks--is it a cave, Or winding path? The edge is what I have. A steady storm of correspondences! A night flowing with birds, a ragged moon, And in broad day the midnight come again! A man goes far to find out what he is-- Death of the self in a long, tearless night, All natural shapes blazing unnatural light. Dark,dark my light, and darker my desire. My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly, Keeps buzzing at the sill. Which I is I? A fallen man, I climb out of my fear. The mind enters itself, and God the mind, And one is One, free in the tearing wind. Your entry reminded me of a poem I read in college (below) I still remember the first few lines because I read it when I was in a dark time. It was a time that Jesus walked with me through the deep recesses of my soul–in order to bring light and healing but I had to walk through immense pain…but with Him. Had I not gone there, I would not know Him like I do now and I would not be who I am today. It’s worth it to face the pain–with Him. His goal is always to love us through our grief and bring us slowly but surely to a place of wholeness, so we can love others in a dark time.

In a Dark Time, Theodore Rothke

In a dark time, the eye begins to see,
I meet my shadow in the deepening shade;
I hear my echo in the echoing wood–
A lord of nature weeping to a tree,
I live between the heron and the wren,
Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den.

What’s madness but nobility of soul
At odds with circumstance? The day’s on fire!
I know the purity of pure despair,
My shadow pinned against a sweating wall,
That place among the rocks–is it a cave,
Or winding path? The edge is what I have.

A steady storm of correspondences!
A night flowing with birds, a ragged moon,
And in broad day the midnight come again!
A man goes far to find out what he is–
Death of the self in a long, tearless night,
All natural shapes blazing unnatural light.

Dark,dark my light, and darker my desire.
My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly,
Keeps buzzing at the sill. Which I is I?
A fallen man, I climb out of my fear.
The mind enters itself, and God the mind,
And one is One, free in the tearing wind.

]]> By: Sara http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-1507 Sara Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:08:16 +0000 http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-1507 I spent last year doing mission work in South Africa with a team of young adults. Toward the end of our time there, one of my teammates died in a car accident. It was terribly hard, and my first time experiencing real loss. There was really nothing we could do, and nothing that could make us feel better. We just had to sit, be sad, and cry. When you feel that way, you can't try to crawl out of the darkness on your own. And the old standbys like "God is in control" or "Lean on God" or "Everything happens for a reason" don't make it better. I just needed someone to tell me that God was crying with me, that it was okay not to be okay. Yes, God was and is in control. But sometimes I just need to cry and grieve and get angry and I need to know that God is crying and grieving with me. I spent last year doing mission work in South Africa with a team of young adults. Toward the end of our time there, one of my teammates died in a car accident. It was terribly hard, and my first time experiencing real loss. There was really nothing we could do, and nothing that could make us feel better. We just had to sit, be sad, and cry.

When you feel that way, you can’t try to crawl out of the darkness on your own. And the old standbys like “God is in control” or “Lean on God” or “Everything happens for a reason” don’t make it better. I just needed someone to tell me that God was crying with me, that it was okay not to be okay. Yes, God was and is in control. But sometimes I just need to cry and grieve and get angry and I need to know that God is crying and grieving with me.

]]> By: Rebekah Kim http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-1501 Rebekah Kim Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:16:14 +0000 http://sheworships.com/2009/10/30/emo-christianity/#comment-1501 Hi, my name is Rebekah Kim. I currently reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was reading your entries through Revelife on xanga.com and it has been helpful in answering some of the questions I had regarding singlehood, marriage, sex, & other topics. Thank you for your wonderful posts! I will be keeping up with your posts from now on. God bless you! Hi, my name is Rebekah Kim. I currently reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was reading your entries through Revelife on xanga.com and it has been helpful in answering some of the questions I had regarding singlehood, marriage, sex, & other topics. Thank you for your wonderful posts! I will be keeping up with your posts from now on. God bless you!

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