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Hip, holy couldn't have less in common
Apr. 26, 2010 12:30 am
“Hip to be Holy” is an oxymoron. It was used as the title on The Gazette April 15 Accent page for the preview of the David Crowder band and the Rock and Worship concert held Thursday.
The phrase is a misuse of our English language.
Hip is a shallow cultural presence based on what is currently popular. It changes regularly, if not day to day.
Holy, according to Webster's Dictionary, is “set apart to the service of God or gods; sacred; commanding absolute adoration and reverence.”
Holiness transcends our culture's incessant need for the irreverent, the popular, the need for acceptance. We would all do well to search for the deeper, richer meaning in life; to search for what is holy and less for what is hip. The two never meet.
Diane Thompson
Cedar Rapids
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