Comments on: This World http://caedmonscall.net The officially unofficial fan site of Caedmon's Call. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:44:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Definitely RA | Audio memory http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/my-calm-your-storm/this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-24699 Definitely RA | Audio memory Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:17:55 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/my-calm-your-storm/this-world/#comment-24699 [...] “This World” brought me back to a retreat in college, when two guitarists and song leaders, Kimby and Dan, played this song for the group. I was a freshman at the time, and I was completely impressed with those seniors, their friendship, and their musicality. When the band struck up the opening chords, I felt a little ache in my chest. [...] [...] “This World” brought me back to a retreat in college, when two guitarists and song leaders, Kimby and Dan, played this song for the group. I was a freshman at the time, and I was completely impressed with those seniors, their friendship, and their musicality. When the band struck up the opening chords, I felt a little ache in my chest. [...]

]]> By: Chris Hubbs http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/my-calm-your-storm/this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-19877 Chris Hubbs Wed, 23 May 2007 23:37:49 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/my-calm-your-storm/this-world/#comment-19877 This song identifies with the struggle that Christians face to live "in the world, but not of it". We have heard this song explained in different ways. As Cliff has said during his ramblings numerous times in concert, as Christians it is our duty to take out light into the world, and not to hide it in our church pews. Based on this, some have reasoned that "this world" is referring to the christian sub-culture. Others have reasoned that "this world" refers to the literal world that we live in. The "secular world", if you will. Even though it is filled with "all that we could want and nothing that we need", if we don't heed our call to be a salt and light to it, we will miss out on opportunities to serve Christ like reaching out "to the least of these" (Matthew 25:40). This meaning was probably Aaron's intent, but the first theory applies as well. In the first verse, it seems he is frustrated with the church today. The church is probably who he is referring to when he says "ship of fools". He is frustrated because people havent been treating others the way the want to be treated, hope is not young, and people are afraid to love. "When He says, who will go..."...this line refers to Isaiah's meeting with God in Isaiah 6 where Isaiah responds to God's call by saying, "Here am I. Send me." This song identifies with the struggle that Christians face to live “in the world, but not of it”. We have heard this song explained in different ways.

As Cliff has said during his ramblings numerous times in concert, as Christians it is our duty to take out light into the world, and not to hide it in our church pews. Based on this, some have reasoned that “this world” is referring to the christian sub-culture. Others have reasoned that “this world” refers to the literal world that we live in. The “secular world”, if you will. Even though it is filled with “all that we could want and nothing that we need”, if we don’t heed our call to be a salt and light to it, we will miss out on opportunities to serve Christ like reaching out “to the least of these” (Matthew 25:40). This meaning was probably Aaron’s intent, but the first theory applies as well.

In the first verse, it seems he is frustrated with the church today. The church is probably who he is referring to when he says “ship of fools”. He is frustrated because people havent been treating others the way the want to be treated, hope is not young, and people are afraid to love.

“When He says, who will go…”…this line refers to Isaiah’s meeting with God in Isaiah 6 where Isaiah responds to God’s call by saying, “Here am I. Send me.”

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