Wow, a third Sunday post. Making up for lost time, and also maybe for the fact that I’ll have to be taking another blogging break shortly (if not sooner).

The Gospel reading in many Christian churches today would have been from Matthew, Chapter 10 and included these words from Jesus:

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s will.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

The Dylan reference that Jesus is making there is of-course from Every Grain of Sand. The closing lines of that song, as he always sings them these days, are:

I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.

There’s a nice performance from 2002 on YouTube:

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The always-inspiring preacher at a local chapel this morning didn’t refer to Bob’s song, but did refer to a song with a lyric written in 1905 by Civilla Martin, called His Eye Is on the Sparrow.

Since I’m going for broke with YouTube clips today, here is old fave and YouTube sensation Ysabella Brave doing her special karaoke thing with that song.

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