#switchfoot

This is my old Case Logic CD case full of all the music cds I collected all throughout my teenage years and into my early to mid 20s. I believe I was 10 years old and coincidentally Pearl Jam's "Ten" was the first cd I ever purchased. ^.^

"Gone" by Switchfoot (but also the Owl City version)

"Eternal Dream" from Murder Drones

"The One Who's Running The Show" from The Amazing Digital Circus

"Viva La Vida" by Coldplay

"The Outsiders" by NEEDTOBREATHE

"No Such Thing" by John Mayer

"Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast" from The Pirates of Penzance

"Gentenkaihi" by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

"Every Move I Make" by Uncle Charlie

"What It Sounds Like" from K-Pop Demon Hunters

It's Superman Playlists!!

Because I am absolutely deranged I have made not one, not two, not three but FOUR Superman playlists!

The main event is of course

Which is essentially my other Clark/Supes playlists condensed into a more blended and superheroic vibe mostly, good mix of hope core music and righteous anger type rock.

The second is

All of the Epic and Cinematic music that I associate with Superman, defined by the aesthetics of superman without Clark's vibe and taste in music factored in. Blend of existential "I am an alien who loves mankind" vibes and rock about tearing shit apart with your awesome superpowers!

The biggest chonkiest beautifulest boy is my favorite

This is basically what I think Clark's Spotify Liked Songs probably looks like. Heavily inspired by James Gunn's character playlist for him and the albums I could read titles of in his bedroom set in the movie. This is also somewhat influenced by My Adventures With Superman and Smallville who I think have the closest vibes to the newest version of Clark we've been blessed with. Ranging from pop punk to indie pop to post-grunge/alt rock. With a good amount of oldies and country classics thrown in, he is a Kansas boy after all!

Last but not least I wasn't about to leave out the lovebirds!

Which is, much like my main Superman playlist is a blend of my Kal-El and Clark playlists but specifically focusing on his relationship with my best girlie Lois Lane

You say you want Christians to "welcome" you, and not ask you to change. Thats so misleading. Do you want them to keep being Christians? Because Christians, by definition, are followers of Jesus Christ of Nazareth...who specifically demands that anyone who comes to Him "denies themselves" and let their old selves die. So what the heck do you mean, Selmer? What the heck do you mean, "Christians say they'll welcome me but it's only if I change?" We're all changing. We all identified one way, with our wrongdoings, with our feelings, and then we came to Christ and that part of us died. It's not about our welcome. It's about Him, Him being Lord, and He said "die to yourself." If that's not what you're actively looking for, if you're not looking to change because you realize you need it, then you don't actually want Christianity. You don't actually want anything to do with the real actual person/God Jesus the Christ of Nazareth. You just want to be in the "social club" you've morphed Christianity into.

Welcoming is not about "can you come hang out with us." It's also not about "can you come hang out with us and feel included and also feel approved for every single choice you make." What? Thats just an echo chamber. Nobody who really loves you in your life will accept every single thing about you and approve every choice you make. How much greater is a love that recognizes when and where you're wrong, is not afraid to call you out on it, and is willing to sacrifice your opinion of them and the comfortable space of your relationship if it means the truth might set you free? Because that love cares more about you, the person made in the image of God, than they do your opinions, or the feelings that lie to you and hurt you.

That's actual love. Thats how Christ loves you. But don't you dare say "Christians don't love and welcome me for who I am: they pretend to, but they really just want me to change." There's nothing pretend about it. It's all very up-front. Christ said "come and die, and when your old self is dead, I'll give you new life." We all did it. He is doing it to all of us. We didn't deserve it. If you don't like it, you don't actually want Christianity.