The songs that we sing often convey some of our deepest cries for truth. I hope to look at some songs over the next while. The first song I want to look at is called "Crystal Ball" by Keane.
    The artist is speaking about how his life is falling apart. He has no basis for truth anyone, since his previous foundation has been shattered, and so his only hope is in a crystal ball to tell him reality. This reveals much about the contemporary hope in nothingness. A crystal ball can say whatever you want it to say, but it does not speak reality. Keane wants life to be beautiful, and he wants life to be more than an empty tragedy. What are we to believe? The "truth" of modernism has fallen apart. Keane cries out for hope in post-modernity, which but he sees the own futility of his crystal ball. Both the modernist and the post-modernist hold a crystal ball to give them hope, but the difference is that the modernist this he is holding truth, and the post-modernist knows that he is holding a cheap ball of glass. Who is the more pathetic?
    Thanks be to God that there is more to life than a crystal ball, whether we are deluded by it or not. God has not only created a true and beautiful world, but he has fully revealed himself and his world to us by his words. He has given us truth in his son, Jesus Christ, our savior. We do not have a cheap ball of glass for hope, but we have the word of God to look to for reality. We have true hope in Christ, and in him crucified. May we never lose hope of this firm foundation.