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07/07/2004: "Get down, get goofy"
Some things are simply beyond comment. Like this from the Episcopal News Service:
"Go forth and tell it like it is": Roskam raps at Hip Hop Mass
By Matthew Davies
[ENS, New York, July 6, 2004] Picture this: an altar; an earth-shattering sound system; people of all ages "jamming to the groove"; and an Episcopal bishop rapping and feeling the beat. It’s the revolutionary liturgical outreach unfolding in the Bronx and it’s taking religion to the streets in the language of today–Hip Hop!
"My sistas and brothas, all my homies and peeps, stay up–keep your head up, holla back, and go forth and tell like it is." With this proclamation, Bishop Suffragan Cathy Roskam of New York sent people on their way at the Bronx's third Hip Hop Mass, held Friday, July 2 at Trinity Church of Morrisania.
And here's the aforementioned bishop gettin' jiggy wit' it:
(Thanks to Chris Johnson for the link.)
