Articles
- Flashback: U2 Finally Speaks Out About Its Rumored Faith
- By: Terry Mattingly, CCM
- “It’s time to talk about it,” U2 guitarist The Edge said quietly after a recent concert on a campus in the Midwest. As it turns out, almost everything The Edge says is quiet. He does not act like a rock ’n’ roll guitar star. “We realize the band…is at a crossing point. For a long time we haven’t talked with interviewers about the fact we’re Christians, because it’s so easy for people to misunderstand. It’s easy for people who are not Christians, especially writers who do not understand, to take what we say and misinterpret it.
- Published: June 4, 2007
- Bono: Grace over Karma
- By: Bono
- My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love. What does that mean? What it means for me: a study of the life of Christ. Love here describes itself as a child born in straw poverty, the most vulnerable situation of all, without honor. I don't let my religious world get too complicated. I just kind of go: Well, I think I know what God is. God is love, and as much as I respond [sighs] in allowing myself to be transformed by that love and acting in that love, that's my religion. Where things get complicated for me, is when I try to live this love. Now that's not so easy.
- Published: June 4, 2007
- Bono: 'I Want to Change the World'
- By CYNTHIA McFADDEN, KARIN WEINBERG and ROXANNA SHERWOOD
- "It was my idea," said Bono. "I think if I wasn't a singer in a band, I probably would have been a journalist." The star said he has always been a storyteller, and in this instance, the story he wants to tell, and the story he has been telling around the world, is about Africa.
- Published: June 6, 2007
- Message 2U
- By: Bono
- By "there," I don't mean my day job as singer with Irish postpunk combo U2.
By "there," I mean data—the organization which campaigns on debt, aids, and trade in Africa.
By "there," I mean the One Campaign—which is becoming like the National Rifle Association in its firepower, but acts in the interests of the world's poor.
By "there," I mean (Product) Red—which piggybacks the excitement and energy of the commercial world to buy lifesaving aids drugs for Africans who cannot afford them.
And by "there," I mean Edun—the missus's clothing line that wants to inject some dignity through doing business with the continent where every street corner boasts an entrepreneur. - Published: June 7, 2007
- Beliefnet Interview
- By: Anthony DeCurtis
- I often wonder if religion is the enemy of God. It's almost like religion is what happens when the Spirit has left the building.
- Published: June 4, 2007
- Spiritual Hero of 2005
- by: Mitch Horowitz
- Bono is not a protest rocker in the old style. “I’m not a winging liberal…I’m no hippie with flowers in my hair. I come from punk rock,” he told Oprah. Bono is, in fact, a meticulous and shrewd forger of alliances – and a winner of results.
- Published: June 4, 2007
- Bono: Christ Won't Let the Church Walk Away from AIDS Crisis
- by: Lillian Kwon
- Megachurch pastor Bill Hybels received a phone message from someone named Bono – a rock star to millions around the world, but a person Hybels, a country music fan, knew little of.
- Published: May 20, 2007
- Bono’s Prophetic Vox
- by: Scott Calhoun
- The Message Author Says U2's Message is Refreshing, Faithful, and Honest
- Published: June 4, 2007
- Mock the Devil
- By Terry Mattingly
- Terry Mattingly, associate professor of mass media and religion at Palm Beach Atlantic College. He writes the nationally syndicated “On Religion” column for the Scripps Howard News Service.
- Published: June 4, 2007
- Psalm Like It Hot
- By: Bono
- What Elvis was to rock'n'roll, David was to the blues. Bono, U2's singer and a campaigner to end Third World debt, argues that the psalms truly rock the soul.
Explaining belief has always been difficult. How do you explain a love and logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of kilter with this? Has free will got us crucified? And what about the dodgy characters who inhabit the tome known as the Bible, who hear the voice of God? Explaining faith is impossible: vision over visibility; instinct over intellect. A songwriter plays a chord with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head. - Published: June 4, 2007
- Bono Waxes 'Prophetic'
- By: Christianity Today 2006
- Wearing jeans, a brown corduroy jacket, and a black, open-collared shirt, the rocker was relaxed as he snacked on fruit and muffins while taking questions from journalists. He expounded on his work in Africa, the role of the church, and some of his favorite verses.
- Published: June 4, 2007
- From 'good voice' to 'great voice'
- By JONATHAN TAKIFF
- Bono rose from humble roots to rock icon to king of celebrity activists
ONCE UPON a time, way back in the idealistic 1960s and '70s, almost all rock 'n' roll musicians thought they could change the world with a song.
Since then, sadly, rampant cynicism and fatigue and age have robbed most of that lot of their passion and commitment. But one guy, Paul David Hewson, better known to the world as Bono, still believes in the power of song to shake and remake the world. - Published: September 30, 2007
- Bono's Liberty Medal Acceptance Speech Transcript
- @U2
- Won’t take long. I’m the Fidel Castro of speechifying. We’ve got a few hours, don’t we?
Right. Thank you. Thank you Mr. President. (George H.W. Bush) Thanks Joe. (Joseph Torsella, President and CEO, National Constitution Center) and everyone here at the National Constitution Center. It's an inspiring place. In the words of Robert Zimmerman - Bob Dylan – "ring those bells…ring those bells." - Published: September 27, 2007
- U2 Connections: Eugene Peterson
- by Angela Pancella
- What can I give back to God for the blessings he's poured out on me? I'll lift high the cup of salvation -- A toast to God! I'll pray in the name of God; I'll complete what I promised God I'd do, And I'll do it together with his people.
- Published: June 4, 2007