Category: SPIRITUALITY

Leonard Cohen

By contributing writer ROBERT BRUTTELL The angels declare it from above … The music of Leonard Cohen has struck at a deep place in me for many years. His hauntingly sensuous “Suzanne” takes me down to her place by the river every time the words run through my head. It suggests a place of abiding… Read more »

Bono/U2

Author Daniel Buttry profiles the various peacemaking efforts of Bono, lead singer of famous rock bank U2; from Dan’s book: Blessed are the Peacemakers.

Mannex Motsi

Zimbabwean writer and peace activist Lancelot Muteyo profiles reggae musician and human-rights activist Mannex Motsi and his support of nonviolent change.

Maná

Writer Mario Seth Morales, a missionary for Ibero-America and Caribbean, writes about the inspiration of music and the band Mana in defending human rights.

The Freedom Singers

Author Daniel Buttry writes ‘The World Music Festival,’ a series of profiles with videos of musical peacemakers. Here he reports on The Freedom Singers.