Lead singer of U2 writes controversial book

LEAD SINGER of U2 Bono has written a foreword for the new book A Highjacked God by Adam Harbinson. The book is receiving some criticism in Ireland as it openly criticises the modern Christian Church. "I find solace in places I never could have imagined," says Bono. "The quiet sprinkling of my child's head in Baptism, a gospel choir drunk on the Holy Spirit in Memphis, or the back of a cathedral in Rome watching the first cinematographers play with light and colour in stain glass stories of the Passion. I am still amazed at how big, how enormous a love and mystery God is and how small are the minds that attempt to corral this life force into rules and taboos, cults and sects. Mercifully God transcends the Church which is, I think, the subject of this book."