Bob Dylan

Best Ignatian Songs: Every Grain of Sand

by Jim Manney

It’s back to Bob Dylan for this week’s Ignatian song.  It’s “Every Grain of Sand,” one of Dylan’s many songs with powerful Biblical imagery. The beauty of this song is in the lyrics.  They depict a man choked by “the flowers of indulgence,” trying to resist “temptation’s angry flame,” sensing God’s presence Like Cain, I [...]

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Best Ignatian Songs: All Along the Watchtower

by Jim Manney

My Ignatian song pick this week pays homage to one of the greatest songwriters. He’s Bob Dylan, and the song is the haunting and enigmatic classic “All Along the Watchtower.” Dylan wrote it and performed it in the sixties, and it’s been covered by Jimi Hendrix, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and other rockers. The [...]

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