The Negro Spiritual Royalties Project

Dear United Parish Family, This Sunday, we are talking about the Negro Spiritual and its role in our lives as Christians. This Little Light of Mine, Honey in the Rock, Go Tell it On the Mountain, Were You There When They Crucified My Lord – these and hundreds of others are part of the canon known to most Black Americans as Negro Spirituals. To most white Americans, they are African American Spirituals, or simply Spirituals. This Sunday, we are launching a brand new racial justice initiative centered on the musical legacy of enslaved Africans, and their descendants. Unlike other hymns and… Read More

Closet Christian

There’s an old spiritual with the words: Now there was a man of the Pharisees, His name was Nicodemus and he didn’t believe. The same came to Christ by night. Wanted to be taught out of human sight. Nicodemus was a man who desired to know how a man can be born when he is old. Christ told Nicodemus as a friend, “Man you must be born again.” Said, “Marvel not, man, if you wanna be wise, Repent, believe and be baptized”. It’s a paraphrase of this week’s Gospel, the story of Nicodemus, an established priestly leader coming to figure… Read More

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