11.16.05
Coldplay!
I did something that I haven’t done since I-don’t-know-when last night. Matt, Josh & I went to the Coldplay concert in Bologna. I don’t remember the last concert that I went to, and was very excited about making the trip.
One thing that amazed me about the concert (which was excellent, by the way) was how much the audience sang along. Coldplay obviously sings in English, but the crowd was singing every song, sometimes word for word. I did hear some foreigners in the crowd, but the vast majority of the people were Italian. English has very much made it into Italian life, especially with younger people.
But while Italians may be able to sing or carry on a brief conversation in English, the language that they think in is definitely Italian. Their heart speaks Italian, and that’s why we’re going to school … to speak to Italians’ hearts about the love of Jesus.