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Singing through the struggles, praising through the pan(dem)ic: this is the way of The Saints
From Bessie Smith's ‘Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out’ through 'Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag', to 'Levi Stubbs' Tears' and the Book of Revelation's liturgical songs - music works like prayers, and those who sing find their hearts lifted from a world of pain to a world of hope, drawn out from the darkness of their day towards a place of light. Suffering seems beyond any form of explanation or reasoning. But the The Saints are those who keep singing on through the struggles; today’s Saints are those who keep praising through the pandemic.
A talk for All Saints Day, 1 November 2020.
Find the text to this and all my talks at bit.ly/johndavies-talks.
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By John DaviesFrom Bessie Smith's ‘Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out’ through 'Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag', to 'Levi Stubbs' Tears' and the Book of Revelation's liturgical songs - music works like prayers, and those who sing find their hearts lifted from a world of pain to a world of hope, drawn out from the darkness of their day towards a place of light. Suffering seems beyond any form of explanation or reasoning. But the The Saints are those who keep singing on through the struggles; today’s Saints are those who keep praising through the pandemic.
A talk for All Saints Day, 1 November 2020.
Find the text to this and all my talks at bit.ly/johndavies-talks.