And grief, I believe is an essential part of life and growth. Those who cannot grieve and acknowledge their sadness and loss risk focusing on more destructive feelings like revenge - eye for eye - seeking to harm the oppressors more than heal the oppressed.

Didn't realize you had deconstructed but not surprised at all. Same here. Jars was big for me, too. They were one of the only CCM bands that had their own unique sound and melancholic moods. They were capable of grieving where others felt forced to feign forever joy.

He signed my napkin and I kept in a box for years!

Was listening while gardening and took a break to chuckle at this bit. Was really enjoyable how it just kinda paused momentum and caught everyone off guard in a fun way.

In my town it was "terrorists might come for the world's largest high school basketball fieldhouse!"
(narrator's note: all such fieldhouses were located in the same U.S. state and it remains a point of debate which one is actually the largest)