Thursday, June 25, 2020

                                        _____________Psalm 105:4_

         Search 

         for the 

         Lord

         and his 

         strength, 

         continually

         seek his face. 

Today on the Episcopal calendar we commemorate

 James Weldon Johnson,  

         (1871-1938)

born just 6 years after he Civil War ended  and 8 years after the nominal end of slav-ery with the Emancipation Proc-lamation. 

In 1900, Johnson a poet, 

collaborated with his bro-

ther Raymond who was a composer, to create

Lift every Voice and Sing. https://youtu.be/tvCfNziHdDI