A performance of the Magnificat (by Bryan Kelly) from Evensong on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Sung by the Men and Boys of the Cathedral Choir, directed by Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music. Robert Gurney, organ.
“It is precisely those, like Bin Laden, who are most despised and feared by the public and the powerful alike, for whom due process and justice are necessary, as much for our sake as theirs.”
Perhaps Sojourners is less a bellwether than it fancies itself – or at any rate so fears a potentially adverse reaction that it won’t take an ad buy of this nature?
Be the liturgical church you already are, and start thinking of liturgy as unapologetic mission.
We can imagine he was asked about writing a book, perhaps, or getting himself on TV. It’s nice to hear he’s not interested, and just wants that one moment of joy to be that one moment of joy.
Alongside her husband and family, Anna Jarvis was committed to the idea that in a violent time, with the ravages of warfare and industry, the voice of women – in particular, the wisdom of mothers – was the only deciding factor between death and life, between health and rotting away.
And when we by His special grace plainly gaze upon Him,
seeing no other,
then we need to follow Him
and He draws us into Him by Love.