I-35 is the road to salvation
“….down at the crossroads, I-35, I’m prayin’ at the bedside of this 29 dollar dive…” – Highway Prayer from the album Highway Prayer.
This was in the Winnipeg Free Press on January 6.
We had a laugh reading this one as we wrote the title track to Highway Prayer about the road side religion on the 1-35.
I-35 is road to salvation, say some Christians
Sun Jan 6 2008
By Chao Xiong, Winnipeg Free Press
MINNEAPOLIS — For many drivers it’s an efficient route to the cabin up north or the Iowa homestead down south. But for a number of Christians across denominations, Interstate 35 is a holy stretch of asphalt leading not to the site of Buddy Holly’s last gig, but to divine salvation.
Some believe I-35 might be shorthand that links the interstate to Isaiah 35:8 of the Bible: “And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein.” While some believe the interstate is literally a road to enlightenment and a detour from sin, others say the link is, at best, a wildly skewed interpretation of scripture and at worst, “ridiculous.”
What proponents of the idea call “The Highway of Holiness” cuts a swath straight through the heartland from Duluth, Minn., to Laredo, Texas, bisecting the country and kissing the Mexican border. The road’s prominence through the country’s midsection lends more apple-pie credence to the belief.
-- Brandy
January 8 2008
