Dr. Christine Blasely Ford

Words of the Week – Slipping Into Darkness

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-12 In November 1971, the Rhythm & Blues group, War, released “All Day Music” and one of the songs on the album was entitled, “Slipping Into Darkness.” The song, written by War guitarist Howard Scott, was about the slippery slope between sanity and insanity. In an interview with “Song Facts,” Scott said how all of us have looked past the wall of sanity to insanity, but come back. But, some have been known to look and never come back. According to Scott, we start seeing certain things that are insane in a different way as though they