{"id":24294,"date":"2014-06-05T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=24294"},"modified":"2014-06-05T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:48:41","slug":"graceland-unlimited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/06\/graceland-unlimited.html","title":{"rendered":"Grace(land) Unlimited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I love the fact that Josh Turner, a Butler University student<\/a> who offers his musical abilities to the campus ministry Grace Unlimited, has now had his cover of Paul Simon\u2019s \u201cGraceland\u201d go viral, landing him on Good Morning America<\/a>. Here\u2019s the video:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Since <a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:90xL-bcXgvMJ:www.paul-simon.info\/PHP\/showarticle.php%3Fid%3D158%26kategorie%3D1&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the song is not just literal but metaphorical<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/10\/bedrock-belief.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">my church settled on \u2018grace\u2019 as the one world that encapsulates what we all agree is important<\/a>, perhaps we should include this song in a service at some point.<\/p>\n<p>I also have an idea for reworking the song \u201cGrease\u201d \u2013 \u201c<em>grace<\/em> is the word, it\u2019s the word, that you\u2019ve heard\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the fact that Josh Turner, a Butler University student who offers his musical abilities to the campus ministry Grace Unlimited, has now had his cover of Paul Simon\u2019s \u201cGraceland\u201d go viral, landing him on Good Morning America. 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