Gareth Higgins: Ray LaMontagne, Irish Car Bombs, and Business Travelers

Published: July 27, 2007, 11:49 am

Ray LaMontagne's recent album "Till the Sun Turns Black" ends with one of the most beautiful songs about peacemaking I've ever heard in which he simply repeats the refrain "War is not the answer, the answer is within you" over the most delicately lilting instrumentation. It's the kind of sentiment that could be accused of being too vague to have any practical meaning, but warm and positive enough to be popular. But there's something about it that feels deeper than that. It comes to mind as I sit in a cramped and crowded airport in Missouri, between cities on a trip that will take me from the Deep South to the Pacific Northwest, meeting and talking with people seeking to explore faith at the margins of institutional Christianity. I'll be part of a conference the week after next on the topic "Dangerous Living"(www.solitonnetwork.org) a title ambiguous enough to invite further interrogation. The organizers aim to build a temporary community of fellow travelers asking

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