I have a little dreidel
Since today is the last day of Hanukkah…
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Since today is the last day of Hanukkah…
It’s Hanukkah, so it means it’s time for a new song from the Maccabeats…
To mark Martin Luther King Day, here’s a James Taylor Classic, “Shed a little light”, performed by “Naturally 7” and Restless Pilgrim favourites, “The Maccabeats”:
Let us turn our thoughts today
To Martin Luther King
And recognize that there are ties between us,
All men and women living on the Earth.
Ties of hope and love,
Sister and brotherhood,
That we are bound together
In our desire to see the world
Become a place in which our children
Can grow free and strong.
We are bound together by the task
That stands before us
And the road that lies ahead.
We are bound and we are bound.
There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist
There is a hunger in the center of the chest
There is a passage through the darkness
And the mist
And though the body sleeps
The heart will never rest
Shed a little light, oh Lord,
So that we can see,
Just a little light, oh Lord.
Want to stand it on up,
Stand it on up, oh Lord,
Want to walk it on down,
Shed a little light, oh Lord.
Can’t get no light from the dollar bill,
Don’t give me no light from a TV screen.
When I open my eyes I want to drink my fill
From the well on the hill,
Do you know what I mean?
How is that I didn’t know about the new song from the Maccabeats?! Here they are to tell us about Hanukkah once more, this time with a little help of Meghan Trainor…
I’ve spoken about the theology behind the idea of “home” several times (e.g. Paroikia). One of my favourite acapella bands, The Maccabeats, have now produced a musical version of it…
Well I’m going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I’ve you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of the Maccabeats. Well, it turns out that they aren’t the only male Jewish a cappella band. I present to you Six13…
(Thanks to Taylor for sharing this one)
It’s the fourteenth of Nisan which means today is Passover! Easter Sunday will soon be upon us…
Happy Passover!