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Signs of the Times  •  26 January 2017  •  No. 106

Processional. “What good is love and peace on earth? / When it's exclusive? / Where's the truth in the written word? / If no one reads it / A new day dawning / Comes without warning / So don't blink twice / We live in troubled times.” —Green Day, “Troubled Times” (Thanks Michael.)

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Signs of the Times  •  19 January 2017  •  No. 105

Processional, in honor of this week’s women’s march in Washington, DC (and many other cities). “I can see a world where we all live / Safe and free from all oppression / No more rape or incest, or abuse / Women are not a possession / You’ve never owned me, don’t even know me / I’m not invisible, I’m simply wonderful / I feel my heart for the first time racing / I feel alive, I feel so amazing.” —Tena Clark and Tim Heintz, “Break the Chain

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Signs of the Times  •  6 January 2017  •  No. 103

Processional. “And my Lord, He said unto me / Do you like my garden so pure / You may live in this garden, if you keep the waters clean / And I'll return in the cool of the day.” —“Now is the Cool of the Day,” Kathy Mattea, performed by Coope, Boyes & Simpson

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Signs of the Times  •  29 December 2016  •  No. 102

Processional (and prayer&politiks theme song for 2017). “I’m Gonna Walk It With You,” by Ellie Grace and Brian Mercier Claflin.
        The artists were at work on a new CD, “but we stole a few moments to write this song. We have been at a loss for how to respond to the darkness and hatred running rampant in our world in recent days, so this is our musical pledge of support for all who are marginalized and oppressed by those coming into power.”

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Signs of the Times  •  9 December 2016  •  No. 99

Processional. “If your world has only done you wrong / And all you find yourself is all alone / And if there's no one there to see you through / I'll be there for you.” —The Mavericks, “Come Unto Me

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