Audio Divina: A Playlist for Recent Events

Krista Tippett,
author, journalist
and broadcaster

The events that surround us continue to focus on the challenges of community, and the challenges of being human, of "otherness" as well as "oneness".  This is true whether the issue is one of race, of culture, of faith, or of gender.

The trio of podcasts compiled by Krista Tippett and produced by the organization she founded -- On Being -- have at their core the exploration of the issue of race, the "other" and attitudes -- conscious or seemingly unconscious -- exhibited by individuals alone and within a culture.

While the culture in question is American, Canadians and people from other cultures have much to learn from Ms. Tippett's guests in these stimulating and thought-provoking conversations.

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The Rationale Behind our Gathering Song...

Cartoon by the Rev. Jay Sidebotham -- courtesy Episcopal Church Memes

Just sayin'!  ;-)

Thoughts for Ordinary Time: Thank You, Mr. Rogers

Fred Rogers - March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003

A man for all seasons.  

In the 20th and 21st centuries, Jesus 'with skin on'.

A man whose message is sorely needed right now.

Audio Divina for Canada's Birthday

A musical poet for Ordinary Time...jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and Oliver Jones play Peterson's Hymn to Freedom.  Written in 1962 in support of the Civil Rights Movement, this piece continues to speak to us today.

When every heart joins every heart and together yearns for liberty,
That's when we'll be free.
When every hand joins every hand and together moulds our destiny,
That's when we'll be free.
Any hour any day, the time soon will come when men will live in dignity,
That's when we'll be free.
When every man joins in our song and together singing harmony,
That's when we'll be free.

AMEN!