Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Unbelievable
Who would have ever believed that the benediction of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration would begin with words from the Negro National Anthem? What a beautiful, redemptive moment for this country. If you're not familiar with the song, check out several versions of it here. (Call me a traditionalist, I like the Choral Arts Society version best.)
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Rev. Lowrey's benediction carried so much more pure spirituality than Rick Warren's modernist church-as-event prayer.
Maybe that was Barack's secret: allow everyone to see the juxtiposition of Warren and Lowry and let the world see what a true good person looks and sounds like.
Thanks for sharing that PV. That anthem was sung by an African-American church choir at the on-campus event I attended yesterday at North Park for Dr. King's birthday and, as you can imagine, it was powerful.
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