Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times  •  18 August 2020 •  No. 204

Special issue on
THE US POSTAL SERVICE
AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY

(Additional documentary material is posted at the end of this article.)

Who would have thought that Mr. McFeely, the lovable deliveryman and avatar for our nation’s postal carriers on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” could be the flash point of a fierce struggle for the preservation of democratic institutions in the US.

Signs of the Times  •  13 December 2019 •  No. 203

¶ Processional. This young drummer, Silas, is a member of Jesus the Redeemer Church in Kapenguria, Kenya, accompanying a praise song, “Sing With Joy, Jehovah Has Given Us Eternal Life.” (Thanks Boaz.)

Signs of the Times  •  25 December 2018 •  No. 180
Abbreviated edition

¶ Processional. The annual Christmas entrance into Bethlehem from the Latin Patriarch church. (3:11 video. Thanks, Loren.)

Signs of the Times  •  16 October 2019 •  No. 202

¶ Processional. “The Lord’s Prayer” in Kurdish.

Signs of the Times  •  5 September 2019 •  No. 201

¶ Processional. “Our great responsibility / To be guardians of our liberty / ‘Till tyrants bow to the people’s dream / And justice flows like a mighty stream.” —Jean Rohe, “National Anthem: Arise! Arise!”

Signs of the Times  •  23 August 2019 •  No. 200

¶ Processional. "Circle Song,” Bobby McFerrin & the Kuumba Singers.

Signs of the Times  •  8 August 2019 •  No. 199

¶ Processional. “Sing, Sing, Sing,” Kyoto Tachibana High School Marching Band. (Thanks Connie.)

Signs of the Times  •  31 July 2019 •  No. 198

¶ Processional. “Old Time Medley: Down to the River to Pray,” “Modeh Ani,” and “Hallelujah,” Nefesh Mountain.

Signs of the Times  •  11 July 2019 •  No. 197

¶ Processional. “Listen, smith [crafter] of the heavens, / what the poet asks. / May softly come unto me / your mercy. / So I call on thee, / for you have created me.” —“Heyr himna smiður,” English-translated lyrics of a 13th century Icelandic hymn, performed by Ellen Kristjándsóttir

Above: Halitrephes Maasi jellyfish, photographed at a depth of over 4,000 feet of water off Baja California by the Exploration Vessel Nautilus. Watch this brief (1:17) video.

Special edition
SHORT STORIES & ANECDOTES

Preface

Signs of the Times  •  3 July 2019 •  No. 196

¶ Processional. Drummer Emmanuel Afolabi from Lagos, Nigeria.

Above: Lightning and rainbow, photo by Miriadna

¶ Invocation. “Let no one lift a coin of gold and say, ‘In God We Trust.’ The shekel’s rule and the shackle’s restraint shall feel the wrath of the One who sets prisoners free. In this confidence, sing and shout together, lift every voice and sing: Proclaim liberty throughout the land!” —continue reading “Proclaim liberty,” a litany for worship for use on US Independence Day