We are in a different country. . .Part II: In contrast to the impressions described in my last post, El Paso can be an example of a global workshop for peace at times. Tonight we went to a Gospel Concert at Montwood High School put on by the school choir and accompanied by the St. Mark United Methodist Church Praise Band in which our son-in-law, Robert, plays guitar. Montwood H.S. is on the east side of the city; concentrations of black and Korean communities are in this area. Americans of many ethnic backgrounds gathered together to sing, dance, and play contemporary gospel music in a concert to raise money for a Hispanic student with cancer.
"Music is healing," said Joe Estala, director of the St. Mark Praise Band and choir director at the high school. The school commons rocked with loud music, singing and clapping; the crowd stood, swayed to the rhythm and sang along. And the Spirit fell. . .
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