12 Days of Christmas: David Benjamin Blower – Christmas vs. Empire (NS05)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2014
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Today's Christmas reflection comes from Nomad's favourite musician and activist, David Benjamin Blower. David sets up a showdown between Christmas and Empire and throws in a couple of your favourite Christmas carols for no extra charge. So brace yourself for a good measure of hope-filled challenge, served up with a sprinkling of musical creativity. Enjoy!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Nomad Spirituality |
| 0:15.2 | On the fifth day of Christmas |
| 0:18.7 | Nomad gave to me. |
| 0:21.1 | And Christmas reflection by David Benjamin Blower. |
| 0:25.1 | You didn't sing that against him. |
| 0:26.8 | I don't feel like we always have to sing. |
| 0:28.2 | Well, David Benjamin Blower is a singer. |
| 0:30.9 | He is a singer, yeah. |
| 0:31.8 | Maybe he just didn't want to compete. |
| 0:33.0 | I can't compete. |
| 0:34.1 | He's a musician and an activist, very much in the Old Testament prophet |
| 0:39.2 | tradition, I would say. And I would say he was my favourite interview of June 2014. |
| 0:49.2 | Actually, yeah, I'm a big fan, as you know, as David Blower. And so it's a great privilege to have him back on the show. |
| 0:57.2 | For the second time in, I guess, just a matter of months. |
| 1:00.0 | It doesn't seem that long ago that he was on the show. |
| 1:02.2 | And this one's really interesting because he's given us a reflection and some music as well. |
| 1:06.5 | Excellent. |
| 1:07.0 | That's what we want. |
| 1:07.6 | Yes, I think people are going to like this one. So this could be the best reflection of 2014. |
| 1:12.3 | Yeah, I think so. |
| 1:13.5 | Most creative. |
| 1:14.5 | Most musicals. |
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