The great songs, the really great songs, no matter how many times I listen to them, seem each time like I am listening for the first time. So it was with Jackson Browne’s “Doors and Walls:”
“Ever since the world’s existed
There’s one thing that is certain
There are those who build walls
And those who open doors
Ah but this my love I’m thinking you already knew”
My only thought to add to that is that it occurred to me today that Jesus was one who opened doors – which is, of course, what we should all strive to do – even when, particularly when, building walls seems the easier thing to do. The wall separates me from the other, certainly, but just as certainly separates the other from me.
It occurs to me... 