It came today, and now I’m immersed in the sounds of Caedmon’s latest. I have been looking forward to this album for several months…because it is something familiar and yet something totally different. In this project, as I mentioned before, the band visited several different countries to create something that was a reflection of these [...]
It came today, and now I’m immersed in the sounds of Caedmon’s latest. I have been looking forward to this album for several months…because it is something familiar and yet something totally different. In this project, as I mentioned before, the band visited several different countries to create something that was a reflection of these people. It’s touching, powerful, and inspiring to hear about people who literally have nothing, yet no matter how beaten down they are, worship with everything they have. The band talks about the Dalits, or broken people. These people are literally treated like nothing…like less than nothing. Yet, their passion is so strong. Why can’t I be like that?
An excerpt from the CD reads:
In many towns, Dalits are not allowed to draw water from a well. They must go to the well to beg for a higher caste person to share, and often no one does. Hinduism tells them they are worthless, with no hope for change. and the caste system only reinforces these lies. so, when they hear the truth about God — that He loves them, He made them in His image, and that Jesus came to die so they could be with Him — they are overcome. In John 4, Jesus breaks social taboos and drinks after the Samaritan woman at the well. And then He offers her the living water. “A well of water springing up into everlasting life.” At first, this may seem like a call for social justice, and as followers of Christ, we are commanded to look after hte poor and weak, but in the end, it is a call to evangelism. We are bearers of the well that will never run dry…will we share the well?
I encourage you to give the album a listen. I think you will be touched. When I saw them back in July, they performed Share The Well and Mother India (Danielle really shines in this one)…and that was awesome. I think you will like what you hear.