How Can I Keep from Singing?
"Through all the tumult and the strife, / I hear that music ringing. It finds an echo in my soul. / How can I keep from singing?" ~ Robert Lowry Several weeks ago, I wrote the following paragraph to introduce an article I planned to write for the church newsletter. We partnered with another church to host community viewings of the PBS documentary The Talk: Race in America . The documentary is about "the necessary conversation taking place in homes and communities across the country between parents of color and their children, especially sons, about how to behave if they are ever stopped by the police." Each viewing was followed by conversations facilitated by a pastor from another church. Later I wrote this paragraph. In these conversations, attendees were placed in small groups for a set time followed by "share with the group" time. However, as I often do ever since moving to Minnesota, I fe