Super Soul Sunday meets Byron McCray
I created the podcast because at the height of the stay-at-home lockdown I was extremely lonely and found myself stuck in a hopeless place despite continuing to create content. Because I m typically an optimist, I kept asking myself what was making me doubt that the future could be better. I realized that it was the levels of unknown we were dealing with day to day, especially at that time. Once I understood that the unknown was what I was scared about I reminded myself of the varied unknowns I ve lived through before, especially as an artistânot knowing if I d be able to pay rent, not knowing the next gig, not remembering the next line, not knowing if my work was good enough. I remembered that all of my artist friends have these type experiences, and beyond that EVERY PERSON has to face the unknown at some point and decide to lean in the direction of change. We ve all GOT a 180. So to inspire myself and hopefully
The play recounts the story of Henry "Dickie" Marrow, a Black man murdered in an act of racial violence in Oxford, North Carolina in 1970. Tickets to stream the performance are available through Feb. 7.
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It seems that ever since God expelled humanity from the Garden of Eden, mankind has tried to find its way back. Whether they build a personal paradise like the fabled hanging gardens of Babylon, or they seek a land too good to be true like the golden city of El Dorado, people seek perfection. Even today, theories about going to Mars to build utopia in biodomes abound.
In the Bible, there are mentions of a promised land, which have bled into Christian culture as songs and as powerful imagery. Sometimes, centuries, even millennia, of use in culture distorts the meaning of a word or concept. Let s first discuss where the promised land is. In the Old Testament, the promised land referred to a place in the Middle East promised to Abraham’s descendants, known as Israel; in the United States, enslaved people used it to refer to states where they would be free. In recent times, it refers to Heaven, the land promised for those w
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Prior to the pandemic, the American Spiritual Ensemble performed at First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky. While live concerts have been pushed back in 2021, there are plans for a virtual performance. Courtesy of Kentucky Educational Television
The spiritual is a genre that has influenced American music from jazz to gospel to the blues. The American Spiritual Ensemble brings these songs to a new generation. Courtesy of Kentucky Educational Television
The staff of First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, was planning Sunday worship, and the Rev. Dr. Lee Bowman was a bit stuck on the childrenâs moment. It was to be about the story of Moses parting the Red Sea for the Israelites fleeing Egypt, and she wasnât sure what to do. The churchâs interim music director, Dr. Everett McCorvey, volunteered to take on the task.