fan site review threads begin

I haven't posted for a while, and its really been because i've been busy with work. But I've begun to see that various fan site forums have begun threads to discuss my book and this is the first substantive comment (from the thread on atu2.com)

"have just finished One Step Closer. would comment as follows:

There are now gazillions of people who LIKE U2 but I've often wondered how many people actually GET them. clearly scharen gets them because this book helped me--a fan since the Live Aid Bad--learn there are more levels to the songs than I knew. For instance, what's the deal w/ all the U2 songs about women that aren't exactly love songs, eg Mysterious Ways? Scharen talks about how the concept of wisdom and the spirit being thought of as feminine, & then the lyrics read more richly. the main insight though is the split btwn a theology of glory ("I'll get to heaven if I live a holy enough life") vs. a theology of the cross, ie accepting your shortcomings as a Christian but in spite of that siding always w/ the poor. The only (tiny) errors: the Streets video was shot in downtown L.A., not the "famously tough neighborhood of south-central. (which doesn't change scharen's point; you wouldn't want to be strolling around downtown w/ a large shoulder bag, either. And while their high school might indeed have been "pleasant" I THINK the actual name was Mount Temple Comprehensive. But, really, if you're spiritually-minded or would like to be, definitely give this a read."

I've said before in this blog that i've made a couple dumb mistakes (including caling their high school both mount temple and mount pleasant, keeping me from pleading ignorance and having to admit carelessness instead. ouch). Those that I find will be corrected in the next printing.

peace, all!