My friend Claire Fyrqvist lives in a Catholic Worker community in South Bend, Indiana. She and her friends run a free summer camp for kids. They just walk around their neighborhood with a basketball and invite people to take part. Watch a video and be inspired to get out and love your neighbor, after the jump:
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6.23Make a Joyful Noise
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Under Chant, Country, Hip Hop, Hymns, Irish, Latin Mass, Misc: Article, Music, Pop, Rock, Singing, Soul, TCC Playlist, Tracy Chapman
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Anna Keating in US Catholic on music, the divine, and why Catholics can’t sing. Read it here: Make a Joyful Noise
Read More5.26TCC Playlist: Chance the Rapper’s Gospel-Rap Masterpiece
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Under Angels, Blessings, Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book, Gospel, Hip Hop, Misc: Article, Rap, TCC Playlist
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“I speak to God in public.”
On his new mixtape, Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper sings praises to God, and the skills of Kanye West. More from Slate: Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book is the First Gospel-Rap Masterpiece. Download the record here. Listen to “Blessings” after the jump:
Read More4.26TCC Playlist: Lost Ones and Final Hour by Lauryn Hill
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Under Final Hour, Hip Hop, Jesus, Lauryn Hill, Lost Ones, R&B, Rap, Soul, TCC Playlist
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“Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
After becoming a mother, Lauryn Hill released her solo album (1998). In the lyrics, she wrestles with our society’s limited conception of a good life (power, status, money, etc.) and preaches about finding freedom in love and God. More and the music after the jump:
Read More2.20TCC Playlist: Hypostatic Union by Shai Linne
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Under Baptist, Calvinist, Hip Hop, Hypostatic Union, Incarnation, Jesus, Rap, Shai Linne, TCC Playlist
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“Made Uranus, and Venus, became a fetus.”
We know you’ve been looking for an MC who could rap about the mystery of the Incarnation and the Trinity. I bring you the Calvinist-Baptist badass Shai Linne. Listen to him rap, “Fully dvine, fully human, introducing the hypostatic union.” He reminds me of a young Bruce Springsteen, in that he squeezes so many words into a single line and, yet, somehow it works. Listen after the jump:
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