6.27.2005

Croke Park

Someone we met from South Africa while in Dublin this past weekend said to my husband, "We have come here to see U2 and die." While our pilgrimage-intensity was not quite at that fever pitch, getting to go to a Dublin concert (the first one) was a thrill. The volume and enthusiasm of the audience singing was extraordinary; during the first chorus of "Beautiful Day" I actually became concerned about the structural soundness of the stadium, which (hyperbole-free statement here) was literally shaking. A side benefit of the trip was getting to meet Get Up Off Your Knees contributor Henry VanderSpek for coffee and have a nice conversation about his new work with World Vision, Make Poverty History, and some other things.

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