"Finally, I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." Frederick Buechner
Sunday, March 08, 2009
'Hebrew Mamita' picks up cross, jams.
I LOVE 'Poetry Jams' or 'Poetry Slams'.
Russell Simmons and HBO used to have a late night program - "Def Poetry Jam" - which featured and showcased some of the best poets and poetry coming out of 'da 'hood'.
These young folk are angry and passionate and intelligent and insightful and their poetry is shot through and through with enough honesty and integrity as to make me weep.
This one is "The Hebrew Mamita" which I picked up over at Bishop Allen's place. Vanessa Hidary is particularly brilliant.
My grandmother used to say, "Everyone has a cross to bear." (My sermon on the same will appear later today. ) If ever there was a better example of the intersection of suffering, sacrifice and creativity, well, I've not seen it.
This is just a little something to jump start your Second Sunday in Lent.
Text of the poem can be found here.
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(With thanks to Sojourners)
I am weeping and weeping. I so totally LOVED this.
ReplyDeleteOh Elizabeth, I love you.
Thank you for this Second Sunday of Lent jump start!
Whoa! Thanks to you i just lost track of the last 45 mintues of my life :0
ReplyDeleteand that was a good thing!
i went to the bishop's site where i watched & read all sorts of intriguing items.
and this young woman has an amazing gift - such powerful words - a holy street preacher bringing us hope!
thanks elizabeth.
WOW. Wowowow.
ReplyDeleteThat was absolutely fabulous.
Oh, yeah! Too bad this white dyke can't preach like this. Too bad that Christians are so majority culture to appreciate what it means to be a Wandering Aramean. But somewhere down deep this woman speaks MY song, my life too.
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