Walk On

In preparing for my sermon on endurance I remembered U2's song, "Walk On," from their album "All that you can't leave behind." That album title comes from the song "Walk On." I found out that the inspiration for the song came from the movie "Beyond Rangoon" which tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese activist who was sentenced to house arrest in 1989 for protesting her government. Earlier that year, while walking with some of her supporters, soldiers blocked their path and pointed rifles at them. Suu Kyi kept walking, despite orders to stop. The soldiers threatened to shoot her, but didn't. Her actions have been closely monitored by the government, but she remains an influential leader and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

I love this song. Listen to the end of it, Bono and the Edge seem to incorporate their faith into it -